Josée Pilon
Canada Guide 2025
Band 4 : Employment & Labour
Band 4
About
Provided by Josée Pilon
Practice Areas
Josée Pilon is the head of the litigation group. Her practice focuses on employment and labour law as well as civil and commercial litigation.
With more than twenty years of experience as a lawyer, she assists companies or managers in cases involving employment law situations and/or issues. On a daily basis, she advises her clients on all aspects of employment law, including hiring employees/consultants (employment contracts, service contracts, offers and conditions of employment), termination of employment (dismissals, permanent or temporary layoffs), application of employment standards, workplace psychological harassment, compensation, employment policies, employee manuals, as well as the application and validity of restrictive covenants (non-competition, non-solicitation).
She also drafts and negotiates all documentation relating to employer-employee relationship. Finally, she acts on behalf of her clients before Quebec’s civil and administrative courts and tribunals (at first instance, review or appeal) and/or in arbitration, particularly in matters of employment or labour law, including disciplinary measures, termination of employment, terms and conditions of employment or application of restrictive covenants.
Moreover, she represents clients in civil and commercial litigation and in matters of estate law.
She taught the Labour Law section at the Quebec Bar School (Montreal) from 1999 to 2022.
Webinars and Conferences
Publications
Commentary on the decision Canada Post Corporation v. Rippeur – Prescription and Right to Reinstatement in Human Resources Bulletin, February 2014, The Human Resources Reference, EYB2014BRH1400;
Commentary on the decision Asphalte Desjardins Inc. v. Quebec (Commission des normes du travail) – Can the employer waives notice of resignation given by an employee in Human Resources Bulletin, May 2013, The Human Resources Reference EYB2013REP1345;
Questions and answers during the webinar “How to remain productive in the event of an A(H1N1) pandemic“, website “les affaires.com”, 2009.
Webinar: Covid-19 Labour Law, Force Majeure and Government Measures in Quebec and Canada, DS Lawyer Canada, May 2020;
Conference held by the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA): Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, blogs: how new technologies are changing the game in employment law, as part of the Seminar "Managing Employment-Related Issues in Turbulent Times: What's in store for 2010", January 2010;
Lecture: overlooked or lesser-known standards with respect to overtime and vacation, as part of the Seminar "Challenges of the Economic Recovery: Are You Ready?", September 2009.
Chambers Review
Canada
Josée Pilon is head of DS Avocats' litigation group in Montréal. She boasts an active employment and labour practice, including advising on dismissal processes, as well as the employment aspects of corporate transactions.
