Sandra Guarascio
Canada Guide 2025
Band 4 : Employment & Labour
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Provided by Sandra Guarascio
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Sandra is a partner* at Roper Greyell and a member of its management committee. She practices in all areas of employment and labour law, with a focus in human rights and respectful workplace issues.
Sandra is focused on the needs of her clients and works with public and private sector employers providing proactive and practical advice for unionized and non-unionized environments. Her particular interests include management-side representation, respectful workplace issues, investigations, hiring and termination issues, accommodation and disability management, collective agreement administration and disputes, workplace policy development and training.
As a trusted and skilled advisor and advocate, Sandra works with clients to develop strategic solutions
A strong advocate for her clients, Sandra offers a balanced approach to their workplace issues through creative problem solving and strategic intervention. Her methodology to client challenges enables her to find strong and thoughtful solutions. She provides strategic advice to employers in handling complaints and addressing respectful workplace issues including workplace and employment discrimination, harassment, bullying and workplace conflict. She is a skilled investigator who has conducted numerous workplace investigations including those in highly sensitive circumstances and in complex environments. She also designs and conducts workplace audits for employers and handles formal complaints provincially and federally.
Sandra is an experienced facilitator and speaker, an instructor with the Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Services, and a guest lecturer at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. She is also a volunteer with the BC Law Society and Continuing Legal Education, serving as co-chair of the award winning annual CLE Human Rights Conference.
Outside the office, Sandra recharges by connecting with nature. She can usually be found meandering on beaches and trails with her family and their three much loved Rhodesian Ridgebacks.
*Law corporation
Professional Memberships
Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of British Columbia and Yukon (CPHR BC & YK); Canadian Bar Association; Institute of Public Administrators of Canada; Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE).
Career
Sandra was called to the bar in 2002 after clerking with the BC Supreme Court and practiced with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, before joining Roper Greyell LLP in 2008 and becoming a partner.
Education
University of Victoria
LL.B.
University of Victoria
B.A., Political Science
Awards
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2014
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2015
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2016
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2017
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2018
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2019
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2020
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2021
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2022
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2023
Best Lawyers in Canada
Best Lawyers
2024
Best Lawyers Global Business Edition, Employment and Labour Law
Best Lawyers
2020
Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leader: Labour, Employment
Who’s Who Legal
2019
Who’s Who Legal, Global Leader: Labour, Employment
Who’s Who Legal
2022
Who’s Who Legal, Global Leader: Labour, Employment
Who’s Who Legal
2023
Who’s Who Legal, Canada, Labour: Employment and Benefits
Who’s Who Legal
2016
Who’s Who Legal, Canada, Labour: Employment and Benefits
Who’s Who Legal
2017
Who’s Who Legal, Canada, Labour: Employment and Benefits
Who’s Who Legal
2018
Who’s Who Legal, Canada, Labour: Employment and Benefits
Who’s Who Legal
2019
Who’s Who Legal, Canada, Labour: Employment and Benefits
Who’s Who Legal
2020
Who’s Who Legal, Canada, Labour: Employment and Benefits
Who’s Who Legal
2021
Who’s Who Legal, Canada, Labour: Employment and Benefits
Who’s Who Legal
2022
Who’s Who Legal, Canada, Labour: Employment and Benefits
Who’s Who Legal
2023
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Recommended for “Employment Law – Employer”
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
2016
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Recommended for “Employment Law – Employer”
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
2017
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Recommended for “Employment Law – Employer”
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
2018
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Recommended for “Employment Law – Employer”
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
2019
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Recommended for “Employment Law – Employer”
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
2020
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Recommended for “Employment Law – Employer”
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
2021
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Recommended for “Employment Law – Employer”
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
2022
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Recommended for “Employment Law – Employer”
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
2023
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory, Recommended for “Employment Law – Employer”
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory
2024
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer, Consistently Recommended for “Workplace Human Rights – Employer”
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer
2016
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer, Consistently Recommended for “Workplace Human Rights – Employer”
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer
2017
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer, Consistently Recommended for “Workplace Human Rights – Employer”
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer
2018
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer, Consistently Recommended for “Workplace Human Rights – Employer”
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer
2019
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer, Consistently Recommended for “Workplace Human Rights – Employer”
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer
2020
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer, Consistently Recommended for “Workplace Human Rights – Employer”
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer
2021
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer, Consistently Recommended for “Workplace Human Rights – Employer”
Lexpert-Ranked Lawyer
2022
CLEBC’s Most Prolific Volunteers, 1996-2016: Recognized as prolific contributor
CLEBC
2016
Lexology Client Choice Award, Labour & Employment – Canada
Lexology
2020
Lexology Client Choice Award, Labour & Employment – Canada
Lexology
2021
Canadian HR Reporter, 5-Star Employment Lawyer
Canadian HR Reporter
2022
Chambers Review
Canada
Sandra Guarascio is a Vancouver-based lawyer at Roper Greyell and practices in all areas of employment and labour law, focusing on human rights and workplace issues. She advises public and private sector employers in both unionised and non-unionised settings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sandra provides exceptional counsel and is indispensable to our management of our employment matters. We are very grateful to have her advice. She has helped improve our operations significantly."
"Sandra is an excellent lawyer with a huge practice."
"Sandra provides exceptional counsel and is indispensable to our management of our employment matters. We are very grateful to have her advice. She has helped improve our operations significantly."
"Sandra is an excellent lawyer with a huge practice."
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