Sébastien Gobeil

 Partner
Key practice areas
Labour and Employment Law, Labour Relations, Occupational Health and Safety, Federal Labour and Employment Law, Strategic HR Advice
Québec Bar 2000
Québec City
+1 418 650 7903
sebastien.gobeil@langlois.ca
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Sébastien Gobeil is known for his in-depth experience in labour and employment law, and his reputation in labour relations and occupational health and safety is well established. He has proven expertise in grievance arbitration, the negotiation and interpretation of collective agreements, psychological harassment in the workplace, and workplace accidents. He also acts in public and administrative law cases, notably in constitutional matters.

His clients rely on his expertise in all matters relating to employment law, including labour standards, terminations, non-compete clauses, confidentiality obligations, individual employment contracts, and employment injuries. Sébastien represents clients before arbitration boards and higher courts.

He is regularly called upon to deliver lectures and training sessions to employers on a variety of labour law topics, including psychological harassment, managing absenteeism, and last chance agreements.

  • Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory:
    • Labour Relations, 2018-2025
    • Employment Law, 2018-2025
  • Best Lawyers in Canada:
    • Labour and Employment Law, 2024-2026
    • Workers’ Compensation Law, 2026
  • Canadian Bar Association, Member
  • Bar of Québec City, Member
  • Co-author: “Comment établir les relations de travail et d’emploi dans un contexte de gel des embauches?” [How to establish labour and employment relations in a hiring freeze?], in the guide Préparer votre entreprise aux fluctuations économiques: stratégies d’affaires et considérations juridiques [Preparing your company for economic fluctuations: Business strategies and legal considerations], Chapter 7, pp. 14-15, October 20, 2022.
  • Author: “La sollicitation d’employés: avez-vous un recours?” [Employee solicitation: What recourse do you have?], Bulletin Travail, emploi et droits de la personne, March 7, 2014.
  • Author: “La Cour suprême tranche: les relations de travail d’une entreprise de débardage ne relèvent pas directement de la compétence fédérale” [The Supreme Court rules: Labour relations for a longshoring company do not fall directly under federal jurisdiction], Bulletin Travail, emploi et droits de la personne, March 25, 2012.
  • Author: “Clause de non-concurrence: évitez de vous retrouver le bec à l'eau” [Non-compete clause: How to avoid being left high and dry], L'employeur en bref, April 2009.
  • Co-speaker: Entrevues et questionnaires pré-embauche: regard pratique et juridique [Pre-employment interviews and questionnaires: Practical and legal perspectives], webinar, December 13, 2023.
  • Co-speaker: Le nouveau régime de santé et sécurité au travail démystifié [The new occupational health and safety regime demystified], Labour Law Forum, Québec City, November 23, 2022.
  • Speaker: Labour Law Forum, Montréal, November 13, 2019.
  • Speaker: Labour Law Forum, Québec City, November 13, 2018.
  • Co-speaker: Quand le harcèlement mène à une réclamation de lésion professionnelle [When harassment leads to an employment injury claim], Au travail! Annual Labour Law Forum, Québec City, May 3, 2017.
  • Speaker: L’obligation d’accommodement: s’applique-t-elle à la gestion familiale et aux dossiers CSST? [The obligation to accommodate: Does it apply to family management and CSST cases?], Labour Law Forum, Québec City, May 13, 2015.
  • Speaker: CSST: la responsabilité criminelle des dirigeants et des organisations [CSST: Criminal liability of managers and organizations], Labour Law Forum, Québec City, June 10, 2014.
  • Speaker: Développements récents en santé et sécurité au travail [Recent developments in workplace health and safety], Colloque annuel 2013 – Travail, emploi, droits de la personne et droit public, Québec City, May 22, 2013.
  • Co-speaker: La notion et la gestion des conflits d’intérêts en entreprise: une question d’éthique [The concept and management of conflicts of interest in business: A question of ethics], Colloque annuel 2012, Québec City, May 28, 2012.
  • Speaker: Les mesures d’accommodement, la surveillance en milieu de travail et le harcèlement psychologique [Accommodation measures, workplace monitoring, and psychological harassment], workshop for private, para-public and public sector clients, Québec City, March 15, 2012.

LL.B., Université Laval, 1999

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