Gilles Rancourt advises and represents public and private sector employers in a range of labour and employment law matters, including labour standards, human rights and freedoms, individual employment contracts and labour relations. Clients particularly prize his strategic human resource management advice. In unionized settings, Gilles assists with arbitration, certification and collective agreement decrees, and represents employers and government authorities in collective bargaining. He is widely recognized for his skill in negotiating highly complex or unusual collective agreements, and his pointed expertise in restrictive covenants relating to employment. He successfully argued a landmark case on the latter topic before the Supreme Court of Canada. With his impressive track record, he frequently pleads before all levels of court, including administrative tribunals with jurisdiction in labour law matters and civil courts such as the Quebec Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
