Laurence Bourgeois-Hatto
Lawyer, Partner - Montréal
Laurence Bourgeois-Hatto
Lawyer, Partner - Montréal
Laurence Bourgeois-Hatto specializes in occupational health and safety, whether in prevention, compensation for work-related injuries or the funding of the occupational health and safety regime. She has experience in penal infractions prosecuted by the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) .
Laurence also advises employers in matters related to labour and employment law: employment agreements, labour standards, labour relations, collective agreement decrees and human rights. She has developed a particular expertise in labour relations in the construction industry.
Laurence regularly appears before the common law courts in civil and penal matters, as well as before specialized courts such as the Administrative Labour Tribunal (ALT).
She practises law in English and French.
Education
LL.B., Université de Montréal, 2008
Minor in Communication sciences, Université de Montréal, 2005
Rankings & Recognitions
The Best Lawyers in Canada 2023
The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2022
Areas of Practice
Publications
Articles
- 2023 – The “belt and braces” approach: The Supreme Court of Canada strengthens occupational health and safety obligations
- 2023 – Passage of An Act respecting the regulation of work by children: What employers need to know
- 2023 – Recent developments in workplace health and safety
- 2020 – Introduction of Bill 59, An Act to modernize the occupational health and safety regime: Major changes expected
- 2020 – Supreme Court confirms that workplace safety can supersede freedom of religion
- 2020 – COVID-19: sound OHS practices key to continued operations
- 2020 – Relief for employers as payment of dues to CNESST is deferred
- 2020 – Criminal negligence of an employer: imposition of a severe and onerous penalty
- 2019 – Difficulty in Conciliating Freedom of Religion and the Protection of Workers
- 2018 – 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
- 2018 – Worker Safety on Construction Sites: a Contractor Found Guilty of Manslaughter
- 2018 – The Court of Appeal Clarifies the Rules for Transferring Benefit Costs
- 2016 – Workplace Safety Obligations at the Port of Montreal: Hardhats Over Turbans
- 2016 – Statements of Offence Can Now Cost You Even More!
- 2016 – Unreasonable Delays in Criminal and Penal Matters: the Supreme Court Toughens the Rules!
- 2016 – Montreal’s Blue Collar Union Tries to Avoid Paying $2 Million in Punitive Damages: the Court of Appeal Says No!
- 2016 – The Supreme Court of Canada Confirms the Primacy of the Professional Secrecy of Lawyers and Notaries Over Government Audits
- 2016 – Inherent Financing Costs
- 2016 – Fatal Work Accident: an Ontario Court Sentences a Project Manager to 3 ½ Years in Prison
- 2015 – Obligation to Accommodate and the Act Respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases: the CSST and the CLP Now Have to Take Them Into Account
- 2015 – Workplace Safety: a Contractor Loses his Construction Licence and is Charged With Manslaughter
- 2015 – June 6, 2015 is the Deadline for Safe Management of Asbestos by Employers
News
Other Publications
2018 – Caron: The Supreme Court Reiterates the Employer’s Duty to Accommodate
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