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Maurice Dransfeld is a partner in McLennan Ross LLP’s Edmonton office, a member of the Labour and Employment Practice Group and the firm’s Executive Committee. His extensive experience in management-side labour and employment issues includes wrongful dismissal, terminations, employment standards, privacy matters, and human rights, such as discrimination issues. Maurice offers legal advice and guidance on the day-to-day management of a company. He advises employers on employment policies and practices and assists with the drafting, implementation, and application of employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, and confidentiality provisions.
Areas of particular focus for Maurice are unionized workplaces, non-competition matters, and Workers’ Compensation issues. Employers especially value his considerable experience assisting with matters related to non-compete agreements, among the most disputed and litigated documents in employment law. With significant experience in the management of unionized workplaces, Maurice advises on long-term strategies involving labour relations and bargaining, certification drives by unions, and unfair labour practice complaints.
In matters of Workers’ Compensation, Maurice is one of a handful of Alberta employer counsel with extensive experience dealing with the Workers’ Compensation Board. He routinely advises employers on case management issues and has effectively represented employers at all levels of the Appeals Commission for Workers’ Compensation. In addition, Maurice is a trusted advisor to the government and was seconded to the Government of Alberta as an arbitration advisor. He has acted as employer counsel on labour arbitrations, was the employer nominee on arbitration panels and has extensive knowledge providing strategic advice regarding labour relations and arbitrations.
Maurice holds a B.A. and LL.B. from the University of Alberta. He was called to the Alberta Bar in 2010.
