April 21st, 2023
Langlois Lawyers welcomes new labour and employment partner, Sylvain Toupin
Langlois is proud to announce the arrival of partner Sylvain Toupin, a seasoned lawyer with over 35 years of practice
Sylvain Toupin
Partner
Key practice areas
Labour and Employment Law, Labour Relations, Strategic HR Advice, Human Rights and Discrimination
Sylvain Toupin focuses his practice exclusively on labour and employment law. He assists clients in strategic labour relations planning and collective bargaining, and drafts employment contracts and non-compete clauses. He also handles injunction, essential services, and workplace health and safety cases. He pleads regularly before administrative tribunals and civil courts.
Sylvain represents employers in a range of sectors, including ambulance services, the food industry, distribution centres and dental clinics.
His career highlights include involvement in various provincial negotiations with paramedic unions. Sylvain’s clients appreciate his dedication, his openness, and his pragmatic, structured and strategic approach.
In parallel with his practice, Sylvain has taught labour and employment negotiation to management students at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal (HEC). He has also participated in seminars on workplace health and safety in collaboration with Lorman Education Services. He is regularly invited by various employers to speak and provide training on labour and employment law. Sylvain’s articles on labour relations have been published in a wide range of specialized journals.
Québec Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Member of the Health Committee, since 2024
- Author: “Le harcèlement sexuel en milieu de travail” [Sexual harassment in the workplace], Relations industrielles, Université Laval, Vol. 43, No. 3, 1988, p. 531.
- Author: Numerous publications in the Alimentation magazine, 1995-2000.
- Author: Numerous publications in the Épicier magazine, 1995-2000.
- Speaker: Rappel des principes de base en matière de gestion des mesures disciplinaires et administratives [A review of the basic principles with respect to the management of disciplinary and administrative measures], November 2023.
- Speaker: L’État du droit au sein du Conseil des services essentiels dans le domaine ambulancier [The state of the law at the Essential Services Council in the area of ambulance services], 2023.
- Speaker: Liberté d’expression et loyauté : gérer les risques, prévenir les crises [Freedom of expression and loyalty: Managing risks, preventing crisis situations], 2022.
- Speaker: Décisions marquantes du domaine ambulancier des 25 dernières années (partie II) [Landmark decisions in the area of ambulance services in the last 25 years (Part II)], November 2021.
- Speaker: Séance de thérapie collective pour rendre le coronavirus moins « chinois » [Group therapy to “dechinese” the coronavirus], 2021.
- Speaker: Les décisions marquantes du domaine ambulancier des 25 dernières années (partie I) [Landmark decisions in the area of ambulance services in the last 25 years (Part I)], November 2020.
- Speaker: Gestion de l’absentéisme et valorisation de la présence au travail dans un contexte de pénurie de main-d’œuvre [Absenteeism management and valuing work attendance in a context of labour shortage], May 2019.
- Speaker: La liberté des salariés dans un contexte syndiqué et autres questions connexes [Employees’ freedom in a unionized context and other related issues], 2019.
- Speaker: Les clés de la gestion des dossiers de réclamations à la CNESST [Successfully managing workers’ claims before the CNESST], May 2016.
- Speaker: Le concept de motifs raisonnables [The concept of reasonable grounds], May 2015.
- Speaker: Développements récents et enjeux de l’heure en droit du travail [Recent developments and current challenges in the area of labour law], March 2015.
- Speaker: La recevabilité en preuve des faits postérieurs [Admissibility as evidence of subsequent events], February 2014.
- Speaker: Les obligations de l’employeur lors de l’embauche : questions et autres écueils à éviter [The employer’s duties when hiring: Questions and pitfalls to avoid], September 2013.
- Speaker: Le congédiement des salariés en période probatoire [Employee dismissal during the probationary period], February 2013.
- Speaker: Le congédiement déguisé sous toutes ses formes : étude de cas et conseils pratiques [Constructive discharge in all its forms: Case study and useful tips], October 2011.
LL.B., Civil Law, Université de Sherbrooke, 1985