Description
Marc Gravel represents labour relations & administrative law clients as legal consultant, attorney and negotiator. His clients are primarily employers (small, medium and large businesses), employer associations, executives and professional associations.

Marc is also a frequent conference speaker on topics related to labour relations, labour law and professional law.He is included in the prestigious The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012 directory.


Associations & Achievements
1990-1998 - Member (1990), director (1993), and chair (1995) of the Quebec Division of the Association des professionnels en ressources humaines du Québec (Quebec association of human resources professionals)

Since 1989 - Member, International Industrial Relations Association

1989-1991, 2001-2002 - Director of the Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy foundation

1987-1991 - Executive director and secretary of the Comité paritaire des métiers de la métallurgie de la région de Québec (parity committee of metallurgical trades in the Québec City region)

1987-1988 - Member, Agency Relations and Allocations Committee, Centraide (United Way)

Since 1983 - Member, Ordre des conseillers en relations industrielles du Québec (Quebec order of industrial relations consultants)

1981-1983 - Director, secretary, and vice chair of the Coopérative régionale des consommateurs de Tilly (Saint Antoine de Tilly regional consumers cooperative)

1980-1982 - Administrative secretary of the Corporation des entrepreneurs en entretien ménager de Québec (Quebec association of appliance-repair contractors)

Presentations & Conferences
2007 - "Major Trends in Labour Law" (Beauce Human Resources Day organized by Emploi-Québec / Employment-Quebec).

2007 - "The Scope and Limits of the Superintendant’s Oath of Secrecy" (Symposium, Forum des syndics des ordres professionnels du Québec / Quebec forum of superintendants of professional orders).

2007 - "Day-to-Day Disciplinary Management – Theory and Practice" (Ordre des CRHA et CRIA du Québec / Quebec order of certified human resources and industrial relations consultants).

2005 - "Managing Arbitration Cases in Disciplinary Matters" (Beauce Human Resources Day organized by Emploi-Québec / Employment-Quebec).

2005 - "Conciliation in Labour Relations" (Québec City Junior Bar Association).

1980-2004 - Presentations at labour-relations conferences on a variety of topics, including the Labour Standards Act, management of disciplinary cases, the obligation to accommodate, psychological harassment, evaluation of new employees, mass layoffs, etc.

Publications
Over the years, Marc has published a number of general articles on labour law in newspapers and magazines, including articles in the newspaper Le Soleil in 2005 and 2006 on whistleblowing, employee criminal records, the obligation of loyalty, protection of privacy, work absenteeism, job interviews, accommodation in the workplace, etc.

Representative mandates
Negotiations spokesperson for Ministry of Justice Represented Quebec’s Justice Ministry in negotiations on a collective agreement for prison guards.

Negotiations spokesperson for the Quebec association of appliance-repair contractors (AEEMQ)  Represented the employers’ negotiating committee in negotiating a collective agreement—extended by decree—for the AEEMQ

Attorney for the Chambre des huissiers de justice du Québec (Order of Quebec bailiffs) before the Order’s disciplinary committee  Made representations on behalf of the Order in a Montreal case involving Denver Boot-type automobile wheel immobilizers.