Pierre E. Moreau

Pierre has handled all manner of cases—as an advisor with a focus on prevention, as well as in litigious situations. The domains of these cases include:

• Employment conditions of executives, professionals and specialized employees
• Terminations and compensation
• Workplace discipline and HR management
• Non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality clauses
• Union certification
• Strikes, lockouts, picketing and injunctions
• Rights and freedoms, and reasonable accommodation
• Negotiation of collective agreements
• Grievance arbitrations
• Labour standards

• Lord Reading Law Society (2016–present)
• Canadian Bar Association:
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the National Labour and Employment Law Section (2003–present), and chair of the committee (2007–2009)
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Quebec Labour and Employment Law Section (1999–present), and chair of the committee (2003–2005)
  • Vice-president of the Quebec Division (2014–2015)
  • Steering Committee for the “Re-Think” Project (2014–2015)
  • National Council (2005–2015)
  • Member of the Legislation and Law Reform Committee (2011–2013)
  • Member of the Organising Committee of the National Administrative Labour and Employment Law Conference (2004–2011)
  • Executive in the Quebec Division (2006–2008)
• American Bar Association:
  • Member of the Labour and Employment Law Division (2013–present)
  • Member of the International Labor and Employment Law, and Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committees (2013–present)
• Bar of Quebec: member of the Labour Law Committee (2007–present)

Publications

• “L’article 18 du Code de procédure civile et le principe de proportionnalité : quel impact pour les arbitres de grief ?”, in Développements récents en droit du travail volume 443, Bar of Quebec Continuing Education Service, 2018
• “Tableau sommaire des indemnités tenant lieu de délai de congé octroyées lors d’une fin d’emploi”, in Développements récents en matière de cessation d’emploi et d’indemnités de départ, volume 387, Bar of Quebec Continuing Education Service, 2014
• “Rapports individuels et collectifs du travail”, with Catherine Massé-Lacoste, JurisClasseur Québec, Volume 29
• “Terminaison du lien d’emploi dans les entreprises de compétence législative fédérale”, Éditions LexisNexis, 2010, with annual update
• “Application de l’article 1479 C.c.Q. en droit de l’emploi québécois : l’obligation de mitigation des dommages”, L’A-B-C des cessations d’emploi et des indemnités de départ, Bar of Quebec Continuing Education Service, 2010
• Le devoir de juste représentation, with Nancy Martel, Éditions LexisNexis, 2009
• “Décroissance et croissance: La gestion de la main d’œuvre dans un contexte de crise économique”, with Catherine Massé-Lacoste, Bar of Quebec Annual Convention, 2009
• “Jugements incontournables en matière de fin d’emploi rendus au Québec et au Canada en 2007-2008”, L’A-B-C des cessations d’emploi et des indemnités de départ, Bar of Quebec Continuing Education Service, 2008
• “État de la jurisprudence en matière de délai-congé lors d’une fin d’emploi et autres questions accessoires, en vertu des articles 2091 C.c.Q., 124 et s. L.N.T. et 240 et s. C.c.t.”, L’A-B-C des cessations d’emploi et des indemnités de départ, Bar of Quebec Continuing Education Service, 2007
• “Le recours pour défaut de représentation syndicale : remèdes et développements jurisprudentiels devant la Commission des relations du travail”, with Nancy Martel, Développements récents en droit du travail, Bar of Quebec Continuing Education Service, 2007
• “Précis des règles applicables à la détermination du délai de congé approprié pour le salarié non syndiqué”, L’ABC des cessations d’emploi et des indemnités de départ, Bar of Quebec Continuing Education Service, 2006
• “Le nouveau recours fondé sur l’article 47.2 du Code du travail: développements jurisprudentiels devant la Commission des relations du travail”, with Nancy Martel, Bar of Quebec Annual Convention, 2006, p. 737

Conferences

• “Employment standards under federal jurisdiction: different from provincial law?), LexisNexis, November 16 and 23, 2022

• • Replay of November 16, 2022 webinar
  • Replay of November 23, 2022 webinar

• “GIG Workers : Analytical and strategic Insights”, International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) 10th International Regional Congress for the Americas, Toronto, June 26, 2020
• “Current issues in Labour Relations”, Employee and Labour Relations (CORG553), McGill University School of Continuing Studies, Montreal, November 14, 2019
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice Sheilah L. Martin”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 9, 2019
• “Why Do Unions Exist?”, Introduction to Labour Management Relations, McGill University School of Continuing Studies, Montreal, May 14, 2019
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice David Stratas”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 16, 2018
• “Bill 148 and the Service economy: adapting labour standards to a new reality”, Canadian Industrial Relations Association, Montreal, May 3, 2018
• “Développements récents en droit du travail — L’article 18 du Code de procédure civile et le principe de proportionnalité : quel impact pour les arbitres de grief ?”, Bar of Quebec Continuing Education Service, Montreal, April 20, 2018
• “L’évolution du délai-congé et des dommages octroyés depuis l’arrêt Standard Broadcasting c. Stewart (1994)”, UQAM School of Management Sciences, Montreal, March 9, 2018
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice Suzanne Côté”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 17, 2017
• “La règle de la proportionnalité : comment l’appliquer ?”, Conférence des arbitres du Québec Annual Convention, Montreal, April 22, 2017
• “L’obligation de minimisation des dommages : La portée du devoir incombant au débiteur”, UQAM School of Management Sciences, Montreal, April 7, 2017
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice Clément Gascon”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 18, 2016
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice Richard Wagner”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 27, 2015
• “Regard avisé sur les dommages moraux et punitifs à la suite de la résiliation d’un contrat de travail”, Bar of Quebec Annual Congress, La Malbaie, June 11, 2015
• “Mergers and Acquisitions: Key Concerns in Labor and Employment Law”, American Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting, Barcelona, May 6, 2015
• “A Cross-Border Discussion of Key Clauses in Employment Contracts”, American Bar Association Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting, Naples (FL), March 27, 2015
• Moderator, Panel discussion: “Is it time to legalize marijuana?”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, February 22, 2015
• “U.A.C, section locale 503 c. Wal-Mart, 2014 CSC 45 : une nouvelle lecture de l’article 59 C.t.”, UQAM School of Management Sciences, Montreal, December 5, 2014
• “Les dommages moraux et punitifs suite à la résiliation d’un contrat de travail”, Bar of Quebec, Montreal, October 24, 2014
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice Warren Winkler”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 28, 2014
• “Multinational Business Operations in Israel: Development and Challenges”, American Bar Association International Labor & Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting, Tel Aviv, May 4, 2014
• Moderator, “Panel on end-of-life decisions”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, February 23, 2014
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice Louis LeBel”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 29, 2013
• “The Rights of Unions and Their Members: What They Are and How They Are Protected”, American Bar Association International Labor & Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting, Rome, May 9, 2013
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice Thomas Cromwell”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 23, 2012
• “La mitigation des dommages dans un contexte de fin d’emploi”, Bar of Quebec, Laval, January 25, 2012
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 25, 2011
• “Equal Employment Opportunity Law”, American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 7, 2011
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice Louise Charron”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 26, 2010
• “Tribunaux d’arbitrage, dommages moraux et dommages punitifs”, Conférence des arbitres du Québec Annual Convention, Montmagny, September 25, 2010
• “Devoir de représentation en vertu du Code du travail: plaidoyer pour un recalibrage de la responsabilité des syndicats et de ses avocats”, Canadian Bar Association, Quebec Division, Labour and Employment Law Section, March 23, 2010
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice Michel Bastarache”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 20, 2009
• “Décroissance et croissance : La gestion de la main d’œuvre dans un contexte de crise économique”, Bar of Quebec Annual Congress, May 29, 2009
• “Le devoir de représentation : assises historiques, difficultés contemporaines et perspectives futures”, Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers, March 25, 2009
• “The Employee Free Choice Act”, Cornell University Industrial and Labor Relations School, January 16, 2009
• “Fireside Chat with the Honourable Justice Marshall Rothstein”, Canadian Bar Association, Ottawa, November 21, 2008
• “L’ABC des cessations d’emploi et des indemnités de départ : Jugements incontournables en matière de fin d’emploi rendus au Québec et au Canada en 2007–2008”, Bar of Quebec Continuing Education Service, November 27, 2008
• “L’ABC des cessations d’emploi et des indemnités de départ : État de la jurisprudence en matière de délai-congé lors d’une fin d’emploi et autres questions accessoires, en vertu des articles 2091 C.c.Q., 124 et s. L.N.T. et 240 et s. C.c.t.”, Bar of Quebec Continuing Education Service, September 27, 2007
• “Le nouveau recours fondé sur l’article 47.2 du Code du travail : développements jurisprudentiels devant la Commission des relations du travail”, Bar of Quebec Annual Congress, May 12, 2006

Lecturing

• Quebec Bar School: lecturer and examiner for the Labour and Employment Law Module (2006–present)
• UQAM School of Political Science and Law, Legal Sciences Department, JUR3505 course — Collective Labour Relations Law (2010–2017)
• UQAM School of Political Science and Law, Legal Sciences Department, JUR6575 course — Grievance Arbitration, Winter 2015
• UQAM School of Management Sciences, ORH1620 course — Management of Labour Laws, Fall 2014
• UQAM School of Management Sciences, MBA8D18 course — Management of Human Resources, Winter 2012
• Université de Montréal, Faculty of Law, DRI6120 course — Collective Labour Relations Law, Fall 2011

• Director of the Alink Foundation, which supports neurodiverse young adults (2022–present)
• Secretary-treasurer and officer of AIM Croit, a non-profit organization providing employment assistance to handicapped individuals (2000–2008)
• CPE Mont-Royal: director (2005–2008), vice-president (2006–2008)