Lawyer Profile Detail

Earl Phillips is a partner in the firm’s Vancouver office practising in the Labour and Employment Group.

His recent experience includes:

• labour arbitrations regarding substance abuse, collective agreement interpretation, medical information, privacy, attendance management, surveillance and theft;
• labour board hearings regarding unfair labour practice complaints, true employer, successor and common employer issues, and certification and decertification applications;
• labour and employment issues in restructurings and reorganizations;
• human rights issues regarding attendance management, religious rights, substance abuse, disability, and the duty to accommodate; and
• negotiating and drafting executive employment contracts.

Mr. Phillips regularly appears before federal and provincial tribunals and arbitration boards and the courts of British Columbia. He is a frequent writer and speaker on various topics including, most recently, significant Supreme Court of Canada decisions, mandatory retirement, employment privacy, disability management, whistle-blowing, substance abuse in the workplace and general employment practices.

Mr. Phillips is recognized in the 2010 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, a guide to the leading law firms and practitioners in Canada, as a leading lawyer in the area of employment law.

Mr. Phillips is a member of the Human Resources Management Association of British Columbia and of the BC Labour and Employment Sections of the Canadian Bar Association. He also serves as a director of the Regent College 2000 Foundation and The Children’s Foundation.