Counsel, Labour and Employment Law

Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.

Air Canada is Canada’s largest airline, the country’s flag carrier and a founding member of Star Alliance, the world’s most comprehensive air transportation network. Air Canada provides scheduled service directly to more than 180 airports in Canada, the United States and Internationally on six continents. It holds a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax. Air Canada’s Aeroplan program is Canada’s premier travel loyalty program, where members can earn or redeem points on the world’s largest airline partner network of 45 airlines, plus through an extensive range of merchandise, hotel and car rental partners. Through Air Canada Vacations, it offers more travel choices than any other Canadian tour operator to hundreds of destinations worldwide, with a wide selection of hotels, flights, cruises, day tours, and car rentals. Its freight division, Air Canada Cargo, provides air freight lift and connectivity to hundreds of destinations across six continents using Air Canada’s passenger and freighter aircraft. Air Canada’s climate-related ambition includes a long-term aspirational goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

We have an innovative legal team that continues to earn the respect and confidence of our internal colleagues, participating as true business partners to support Air Canada’s strategic objectives. When you join Air Canada and its Legal Department, you’ll become a vital part of a team of driven professionals that fly the flag every day, sharing the best of Canada with the world.

We are seeking a Counsel, Labour and Employment law to join our team of professionals in Montreal. The successful candidate will support the Assistant General Counsel, Labour and Employment Law on a variety of matters:

• representing Air Canada before courts, tribunals and governmental authorities in grievances and other proceedings; and
• advising on the Application of labour and employment law and of collective agreements, conducting legal research, drafting legal submissions, and delivering training on a wide range of labour and employment matters.

Responsibilities:

• Representing Air Canada in labour arbitration (both in traditional and expedited formats), and in litigation before the Courts as well as the Canada Industrial Relations Board and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal or their provincial counterparts.
• Drafting and reviewing correspondence and hearing documents (briefs, witness statements, written arguments, motion records, settlement documents, etc.).
• Conducting legal research.
• Proactively identifying labour and employment law issues when consulted by internal clients.
• Gathering and reviewing the information necessary to respond to inquiries, complaints, and grievances.
• Advising on collective bargaining matters and supporting bargaining teams in reaching advantageous agreements.
• Providing advice on a variety of employment and labour law related matters to internal clients.
• Preparing training materials and delivering training to internal clients on labour, employment, and human rights matters.
• Maintaining and updating the tools and templates used by the Labour and Employment team.

Qualifications

• Law Degree from an accredited law school
• Member of the Bar in at least one of the Canadian provinces or territories
• Minimum of two to five years of labour and employment practice in a law firm or in a large corporate environment with a track record of success providing legal advice and counsel on a broad range of issues.
• Knowledge of federal labour law and procedure.
• Strong business sense, strong communication skills, both verbal and written, in English and French. Strong customer service skills.
• Strong negotiation and advocacy skills in grievance arbitration, labour board proceedings, and employment related litigation.
• experience in arbitration, human rights tribunal proceedings, and judicial proceedings preferred.
• Facility with Adobe, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, QuickLaw, Westlaw, and other online legal research tools.
• Strong attention to detail and a rigorous approach to legal work. Strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize.
• Strong time management skills, including the ability to work independently and to work on several projects simultaneously. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with others, at all levels of the organization and with internal and external counsel.
• Demonstrated professionalism, integrity, and discretion.
• Capacity to work under pressure, displaying composure in stressful situations while managing multiple priorities.
• Demonstrate punctuality and dependability to support overall team success in a fast-paced environment.

Conditions of Employment:

• Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest, at the time any offer of employment is made and seeking any required work permits/visas or other authorizations which may be required is the sole responsibility of the candidates applying for this position.

Linguistic Requirements

Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.

Diversity and Inclusion

Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.

Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.

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