Mélanie Sauriol 

Biography

Mélanie Sauriol is a partner at our Montréal office. She practices as a member of our Labour and Employment Law group. She also has a great deal of experience in health care law, which allows her to advise various organizations that work in these areas on administrative issues. As part of her practice, she works on cases pertaining to labour law, grievance arbitration, labour standards, the protection of personal information, and human rights. She also has expertise in non-competition and non-solicitation clauses, and represents employers at the federal and provincial levels. 

Mélanie has a great deal of experience in litigation. As part of her practice, she is regularly called to appear before the courts. Namely, she has appeared before various administrative tribunals, the Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT), the Commission d’accès à l’information, the Tribunal administratif du Québec, the Court of Québec, the Superior Court, and the Court of Appeal. 

Mélanie first started practicing in 2004 for a national firm. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration before starting her legal studies at Université de Montréal where she did particularly well, earning several bursaries and a number of excellence awards. She practices in both French and English. 

INVOLVEMENT 

• Volunteer with the YWCA Legal Information Clinic; 

• Secretary of the Board for the Rosemont baseball organization since 2018. 

PUBLICATIONS 

• “Case commentary on Avanti Coiffure inc. c. Tribunal administratif du travail - Employer ordered to pay 71 weeks compensation to an employee with less than nine months of service“, 2020 - Bulletin en ressources humaines, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montréal, November 2020, EYB2020BRH2365; 

• “Case commentary on Cinq-Mars v. Montréal (Ville de) – the Court of Appeal confirms that unionized workers cannot seek judicial review”, 2017 - Bulletin en ressources humaines, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montreal, January 2017, EYB2017BRH1846; 
• “Case commentary on 2915499 Canada inc. v. Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail – Court of Appeal rules on the minimum wage applicable to busboys”, 2020 -  Bulletin en ressources humaines, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montréal,, January 2020, EYB2020BRH2227; 
• “Case commentary on the Quebec Court of Appeal’s decision in Sherbrooke (Ville de) v. Syndicat des fonctionnaires municipaux et professionnels de la Ville de Sherbrooke (cols blancs), confirming the dismissal of an employee due to her spouse’s criminal activities”, 2016 -  Bulletin en ressources humaines, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montreal, April 2016, EYB2016BRH1582; 

• “Case commentary on Bédard v. Unifor inc.”, 2019 -  Bulletin en ressources humaines, Édition Yvon Blais, Montréal, May 2019, EYB2019BRH2170; 
• “Case commentary on Éthier v. Compagnie de chemins de fer nationaux du Canada – Employers in federally regulated industries: the Court of Appeal confirms that pregnant workers are not entitled to CSST preventive withdrawal benefits”, 2016 - Bulletin en ressources humaines, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montreal, March 2016, EYB2016BRH1567; 
• “Case commentary on Université du Québec à Montréal v. Bertrand – Failure of the Superior Court to intervene with respect to an incorrect but not unreasonable decision”, 2019 -  Bulletin en ressources humaines, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montréal, janvier 2019, EYB2019BRH2131; 

• “Case commentary on Rock v. Iron Mountain Canada Corporation – Archives Iron Mountain: the labour relations board decides on the amounts due to an employee fired for expressing political views”, 2016 -  Bulletin en ressources humaines, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montreal, February 2016, EYB2016BRH1553; 
• “Case commentary on Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse v. Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux des Laurentides – a health-care institution ordered to pay damages to a job applicant because of a discriminatory question”, 2017 -  Bulletin en ressources humaines, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montreal, October 2017, EYB2017BRH1992; 
• “Case commentary on Rock v. Iron Mountain Canada Corporation – Archives Iron Mountain: the labour relations board decides on the amounts due to an employee fired for expressing political views”, 2016 - Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montreal, January 2016, EYB2016REP1841; 
• “Case commentary on Montréal (Ville de) et Fraternité des policiers et policières de Montréal – a grievance arbitrator prohibits police officers from placing stickers on their employer’s movable and immovable property as a pressure tactic”, 2017 -  Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montreal, June 2017, EYB2017REP2252; 
• “Case commentary on CHU de Québec v. G. (M.) – Courtordered prolongation of treatment of a comatose patient”, 2014 - Repères, En bref Droit civil, Montreal, July 2014, EYB2014REP1543. 

• "Violent patients testing the health laws of Quebec", 2017 - The Lawyers Weekly, February 2017.