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Robin Kersey


Robin’s practice is focused primarily on provision of advice to and acting as counsel for management in the areas of employment and labour law. He provides advice on all aspects of employment and collective bargaining relationships, including employment agreements and employee manuals, collective bargaining and collective agreement administration, discipline and terminations and grievance arbitration. Robin acts as counsel for employers in proceedings before the courts, arbitrators, labour boards and human rights tribunals. In addition, Robin occasionally acts for senior executives in wrongful dismissal matters. Robin also acts as counsel in connection with matters under the Competition Act of Canada.

Education

University of Manitoba, LL.B., 1979

Call to the Bar

Manitoba, 1980

Achievements

Recognized by the Lexpert Directory as a Leading Lawyer in both Employment and Labour Law - one of only 5 management lawyers in Manitoba to be so recognized

Selected for inclusion in the 2010 and 2011 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada in both the Labour and Employment Law areas

Publications and Presentations

Robin is the author of www.bosslaw.ca a Labour & Employment related legal blog.

Frequent Chair and presenter at seminars organized by the Manitoba Bar Association, the Law Society of Manitoba, the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers and other business organizations

Cell Phones & Drivers - A Dangerous Combination?, Rely on TDS e-newsletter Volume 1, March 2010.

Legal Teachings

Guest lecturer at the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law

Professional Associations

National Director of the Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers

Member of the Canadian Bar Association - past Chair and current member of Labour Law Subsection of the Manitoba Branch of the CBA

Member of the Labour and Employment Group of Lex Mundi.

Community Involvement and Other Affiliations

Past-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Manitoba Marathon Foundation

Former Chair of the Manitoba Division of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and former National Director of the Society