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Shannon Carson is a partner at Myers LLP in the labour department where she assists unions and associations in all aspects of their dealings with employers. On a day-to-day basis, she provides advice on collective agreement interpretation, employment-related legislation and policies, settlement of grievances, collective bargaining, and general labour relations strategy. She also regularly provides advice on workplace safety and health, employment standards, human rights, workplace privacy and related legislation, workers compensation, and disability insurance disputes. Shannon has a particular interest in pension law, where she represents the interests of unions and employees in their pension benefits.
She has appeared before grievance arbitrators under The Labour Relations Act and the Canada Labour Code, interest arbitrators, the Manitoba Labour Board, the Court of Queen’s Bench, the Manitoba Court of Appeal, the Manitoba Pension Commission, the Appeal Commission, and professional disciplinary bodies.
Shannon is a past instructor of the Labour Law course in the University of Manitoba’s Labour Studies Program. She has presented to clients and members of the legal profession on numerous workplace legal topics including pensions, workplace harassment, privacy, workplace safety, drug and alcohol testing, workers compensation, etc.
