Labour & Employment Law
Human Rights
Administrative Law
Litigation

Kevin Wilson is an experienced labour lawyer and head of MLT's Saskatoon Labour & Employment Law Group. Kevin regularly advises unionized clients on such matters as applications for union certification, unfair labour practices and collective agreement interpretation issues. He also helps clients to plan effective negotiating strategies and acts for some in the actual bargaining process. He has appeared numerous times before courts, labour relations boards, boards of arbitration and other administrative tribunals on behalf of union and non-union employers.

Kevin has previously been appointed by the Saskatchewan Minister of Justice to conduct a Board of Inquiry into a human rights complaint and had an ongoing appointment to adjudicate Saskatchewan Labour Standards Act hearings from 1993 to 1995.

Kevin works with employers to implement policies and procedures that will minimize the risk of workplace disruptions. He provides practical advice to employers on a wide range of human resource management issues as diverse as safety, workplace discipline and harassment. He has lectured extensively on labour and employment and human rights issues in Western Canada, on topics as diverse as the human rights in the workplace to workplace discipline to occupational health and safety.

• Admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar
• LL.B. (Saskatchewan, 1988)
• B.Comm. (Finance Major, Saskatchewan, 1985)

• Selected as one of the Best Lawyers in Canada - Labour and Employment Law
• Lexis-Nexis / Martindale-Hubbell - "BV Peer Review Rated" (very high legal ability and ethical standards)

• Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers - Treasurer and Founding Saskatchewan Director
• O’Briens Encyclopedia of Forms, Employment and Labour Relations Volume, published by Canada Law Book - Former Contributing Editor
• Canadian Bar Association, National Labour and Employment Law Subsection - Past-Chairperson (2000 – 2001); Chairperson (1999 – 2000); Vice- Chairperson (1997 - 1999); Treasurer (1995 - 1997)
• Canadian Bar Association, Saskatchewan Labour and Employment Law Subsection - Chairperson (1996 - 1998); Vice-Chairperson (1994 - 1996); Secretary (1991 - 1994)
• Canadian Bar Association (National Branch) Annual Administrative and Labour Law CLE Conference - Conference Co-Chair (Ottawa, 1999)
• The Saskatchewan Law Review, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan - Editor (1987 - 1988)

• Kevin Wilson and Garrett Wilson. Diefenbaker for the Defence. Toronto: James Lorimar and Co., 1988.
• "Recent Developments in the Law Concerning Federal vs. Provincial Labour Jurisdiction". Co-authored and presented at The Canadian Bar Association National Labour Law Conference (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

• Regular presenter on Human Rights and Labour & Employment issues at professional conferences and seminars. Notable recent presentations include:
  • "Tax Issues of Wrongful Dismissal", Panelist at the Canadian Bar Association National Annual General Meeting.
  • "Top Human Rights Cases in Canada". Presented at the Centre for Labour-Management Development.
  • "Top Human Rights Cases in Canada". Presented at the International Personnel Management Association.
  • "Accommodating the Disabled Employee". Presented at the Centre for Labour-Management Development (Regina)
  • "Occupational Health and Safety in Saskatchewan". Presented to the Lorman Education Services.
  • "Progressive Discipline for Supervisors and Stewards". Presented at the Centre for Labour-Management Development (Winnipeg, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Regina).
  • "Discipline and Discharge in the Unionized Workplace". Presented at the Centre for Labour-Management Development (Winnipeg, Edmonton and Saskatoon)
  • "Arbitrating Human Rights Claims". Presented at the Centre for Labour-Management Development (Winnipeg and Regina)
  • "Human Resource Management Issues". Presented at the First Nations Financial Officers Association.
  • "The Employer’s Perspective on the Duty to Accommodate". Presented at the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union Conference (Regina)
  • "Multiple Forums for Litigation of Labour Issues". Presented at the Sask. Legal Education Society Inc. Seminar (Regina and Saskatoon)
  • "The Implications of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Wallace v. U.G.G.". Presented at the Canadian Bar Association – Saskatchewan Branch. Mid-Winter Meeting (Regina)
  • "Computer Monitoring in the Workplace". Presented at the Centre for Labour-Management Development (Regina)
  • "Human Rights Issues in the Workplace". Presented at the Saskatchewan Legal Education Society Inc. seminar (Regina and
    Saskatoon)
  • "Computer Monitoring of Employees" Presented at the Western Regional Conference of Faculty Associations
  • "The Duty to Accommodate under Human Rights and Drug and Alcohol Dependence" Presented at the Centre for Labour-Management Development.
  • "The Poor Performing Employee". Presented at the Centre for Labour-Management Development
  • "Labour Mediation and Arbitration" Presented at the University of Saskatchewan, College of Law
  • "Wrongful Dismissal & Employment Law". Presented at a P.L.E.A. Lecture.
  • "The New Labour Standards Act" Presented at the Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres Annual Conference.
  • "Labour Standards and Wrongful Dismissal" Presented at a P.L.E.A. Lecture.
  • "Discipline and Termination of Employees". Presented at the Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres Managers Conference.
  • "Working With Unions". Presented at the Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres Annual Conference.