Lawyer Profile

Geneviève Plante

Montréal, Quebec

Geneviève Plante

Overview

Geneviève Plante, CHRP, is a Lawyer with Langlois in Montréal. She advises and represents public- and private-sector employers on labour and employment law, human rights, federal labour matters, labour relations, strategic HR advice and education law. Her work includes collective-agreement and employment-contract interpretation, disciplinary measures, union certification, labour standards, termination, psychological harassment, non-compete covenants, workplace investigations and representation before courts and administrative tribunals. She holds an LL.B. and an MBA from Université Laval and was called to the Quebec Bar in 2016. Before joining Langlois, she was an articling student at Norton Rose Fulbright.

Practice Areas

  • Employment Law
  • Labour Law

Bar Information

Quebec Bar, 2016

Professional Details

Education

LL.B., Université Laval, 2013
MBA, Université Laval, 2017

Associations

Philanthropes du Premier Acte for the Théâtre du Rideau vert, Executive Committee, 2019-2024
Young Bar of Montreal, member since 2016

Awards & Recognition

Best Lawyers in Canada: Ones to Watch, Labour and Employment Law, 2024-2026

Articles & Speeches

Needed guidance from the Court of Appeal on the question of the quasi-constitutional protection of parental status in Québec, April 5, 2024
Tis the season to be jolly – Office holiday party season, that is!, December 5, 2023
Return-to-work protocol: getting ready to resume, May 1, 2020
The Superior Court takes stock of restrictive covenants included in contracts of partnership, January 27, 2020
Quebec: moral damages for breach of a collective agreement, July 2018
Education Law – Review of the 2021 Case Law, Langlois Knowledge webinar, April 26, 2022
Droit scolaire – Revue jurisprudentielle 2018, Langlois Knowledge, March 26, 2019 and April 5, 2019

Selected Decisions

Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, section locale 3333 v. Réseau de transport de Longueuil