Laurence Bourgeois-Hatto

• Occupational Health and Safety
• Human Rights and Discrimination
• Labour and Employment Law
• Education Law
• Strategic HR Advice
• Employment Law
• Labour Relations

• Construction and Infrastructure
• Education
• Governments, Public Services and Organizations

Occupational health and safety

• Laurence represents and advises public and private employers in managing employment injury files. She has handled several hundred cases since the start of her career.

Labour and employment law

• She advises public- and private-sector employers at all stages of the employment relationship, from hiring to human resources management to termination. This includes performance management, discipline, employment contract drafting, termination procedures, and so on.

Education law

• She assists school service centres and educational institutions in managing a variety of employee and student issues.

• Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory:
  • Workers Compensation Law, 2022-2024
  • Occupational Health & Safety, 2024
• Best Lawyers in Canada – Workers’ Compensation Law, 2023

• Québec Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Member of the Health & Safety Committee, since 2024

• Co-author: “False statement to the CNESST: The court finds a worker guilty of an offence”, October 23, 2024.
• Co-author: “Psychological harassment and sexual violence in the workplace: Provisions effective September 28, 2024”, September 11, 2024.
• Co-author: “The “belt and braces” approach: The Supreme Court of Canada strengthens occupational health and safety obligations”, December 15, 2023.
• Author: “Passage of An Act respecting the regulation of work by children: What employers need to know”, June 20, 2023.
• Co-author: “Recent developments in workplace health and safety”, April 28, 2023.
• Co-author: “Introduction of Bill 59, An Act to modernize the occupational health and safety regime: Major changes expected”, November 5, 2020.
• Author: “Supreme Court confirms that workplace safety can supersede freedom of religion”, May 21, 2020.
• Author: “COVID-19: sound OHS practices key to continued operations”, April 20, 2020.
• Author: “Relief for employers as payment of dues to CNESST is deferred”, March 26, 2020.
• Author: “Criminal negligence of an employer: imposition of a severe and onerous penalty”, January 24, 2020.
• Author: “Difficulty in Conciliating Freedom of Religion and the Protection of Workers”, October 18, 2019.
• Author: “The Quebec Court of Appeal Confirms the Power of the Administrative Labour Tribunal to Determine a Worker’s Capacity to Return to Pre-Injury Employment on a Case-By-Case Basis”, December 4, 2018.
• Author: “Worker Safety on Construction Sites: a Contractor Found Guilty of Manslaughter”, March 2, 2018.
• Author: “The Court of Appeal Clarifies the Rules for Transferring Benefit Costs”, February 23, 2018.
• Co-author: “Affaire Caron : la Cour suprême réitère le devoir d’accommodement de l’employeur” [Caron: The Supreme Court Reiterates the Employer’s Duty to Accommodate], 2018.
• Author: “Workplace Safety Obligations at the Port of Montreal: Hardhats Over Turbans”, October 13, 2016.
• Author: “Statements of Offence Can Now Cost You Even More!”, September 7, 2016.
• Author: “Unreasonable Delays in Criminal and Penal Matters: the Supreme Court Toughens the Rules!”, September 7, 2016.
• Author: “Montreal’s Blue Collar Union Tries to Avoid Paying $2 Million in Punitive Damages: the Court of Appeal Says No!”, June 9, 2016.
• Co-author: “The Supreme Court of Canada Confirms the Primacy of the Professional Secrecy of Lawyers and Notaries Over Government Audits”, June 9, 2016.
• Author: “Inherent Financing Costs”, March 16, 2016.
• Author: “Fatal Work Accident: an Ontario Court Sentences a Project Manager to 3 ½ Years in Prison”, January 21, 2016.
• Author: “Obligation to Accommodate and the Act Respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases: the CSST and the CLP Now Have to Take Them Into Account”, June 22, 2015.
• Author: “Workplace Safety: a Contractor Loses his Construction Licence and is Charged With Manslaughter”, June 16, 2015.
• Author: “June 6, 2015 is the Deadline for Safe Management of Asbestos by Employers”, April 15, 2015.

• Co-speaker: Harcèlement psychologique et sexuel : projet de loi 42 [Psychological and sexual harassment: Bill 42], Langlois Knowledge, webinar, October 3, 2024.
• Co-speaker: Vos réflexes en matière de gestion des réclamations CNESST sont-ils optimaux? [Are your reflexes concerning CNESST claims optimal?], Colloque de droit du travail et de l’emploi : composer avec des personnalités atypiques, Langlois Knowledge, Montréal, February 26, 2019.
• Co-speaker: Les coûts inhérents de financement [Funding costs], Colloque de droit du travail et de l’emploi : le choc des générations sur le marché du travail, Langlois Knowledge, Montréal, February 16, 2016.

• Quoted: “Nouvelles obligations pour des milieux de travail plus sécuritaires” [New obligations to ensure safer workplaces], Les Affaires, article by Catherine Charron, September 23, 2024.
• Quoted: “Protégez vos employés victimes de violence conjugale” [Protect your employees who are victims of domestic violence], Les Affaires, article by Catherine Charron, October 25, 2023.
• Quoted: “Attention aux coups de chaleur de vos télétravailleurs” [Watch out for heatstroke among your teleworkers], Les Affaires, article by Catherine Charon, July 26, 2023.

LL.B., Université de Montréal, 2008

Minor, Communication Sciences, Université de Montréal, 2005