John is co-leader of the firm's Employment Services practice group, and represents clients on employment and labour matters including executive compensation, wrongful dismissal, human rights, as well as employee confidentiality and non-competition obligations. John represents clients in commercial transactions in relation to employment issues arising in mergers & acquisitions, amalgamations, and insolvency. John advises clients on employment contract drafting, employment policy amendment, drug testing, disability, as well as employee terminations and downsizing. John often appears on behalf of employers in litigation and administrative proceedings in respect of wrongful dismissal claims, collective agreement interpretation, grievance arbitration, human rights complaints, and injunction proceedings concerning employee breach of restrictive covenants. John regularly appears before federal and provincial labour arbitration tribunals, labour relations boards, as well as the Alberta Court of King's Bench and the Alberta Court of Appeal. John has particular expertise in the federal jurisdiction representing employers in the telecommunications and inter-provincial pipeline sectors. John is the author of the Annotated Alberta Employment Standards Code and Cannabis in the Workplace.