Christine Thomlinson
Canada Guide 2025
Band 3 : Employment & Labour
Band 3
About
Provided by Christine Thomlinson
Practice Areas
At Rubin Thomlinson, Christine conducts a range of workplace and institutional procedures, including investigations, assessments, remediation, and mediation, as well as policy reviews, restoration, whistleblower, and ombuds services. In addition, as a trusted advisor and consultant, she provides strategic guidance to employers and organizations, performs policy reviews, and provides effective workplace and institutional training for HR, in-house counsel, and employees.
Professional Memberships
Lexpert Leading Practitioner; Martindale-Hubbell Pre-eminent AV Rating; 2016 Lexpert® Zenith Award Winner: Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion; Member Law Society of Upper Canada; and the Ontario Bar Association Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, and the Law Society of Ontario
Publications
Christine is renowned for her seminal work on employment law, For Better or For Worse: A Practical Guide to Canadian Employment Law. Co-authored with the late Mr. Justice Randall Scott Echlin, and currently in its third edition, the text is an essential resource for human resource professionals and students across Canada.
Christine also co-authored, along with Partner Janice Rubin, the definitive textbook, Human Resources Guide to Workplace Investigations, now in its second edition.
Chambers Review
Canada
Toronto-based Christine Thomlinson is co-managing partner of Rublin Thomlinson and demonstrates strong expertise in workplace investigations and assessments. She regularly engages with clients on significant workplace harassment cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is a pioneer in the investigations world."
"She is a pioneer in the investigations world."