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Sara G. Parchello

Partner

T: 416.777.6232

Toronto

Pachello Sara
 
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T: 416.777.6232


Toronto

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Sara Parchello provides strategic and practical advisory services and is a trusted counsel to her clients.

Sara has an employment and labour focused legal practice, with considerable understanding of the retail, hospitality, and mining industries. She is a specialized resource for HR professionals and in-house counsel generalists to consult on employment-related issues, including drafting and enforcing restrictive covenants, human resources policy development, accommodation and disabilities, and advice on workplace harassment complaints and investigations. She also provides employment litigation services and labour arbitration in the provincial and federal sector. Sara is regularly engaged by clients to provide respect in the workplace training with a focus on employer obligations under the Occupational Health & Safety Act and the Human Rights Code.

Chambers Canada 2018

“She has a lot of industry experience. She really brings practical experience, and is like a business partner with legal peers.”

Prior to joining Bennett Jones, Sara was Vice President & Associate General Counsel at Hudson's Bay Company and was previously was an associate at another leading Canadian law firm. She is also an advisory board member of Practical Law Canada and a member of the ACO Human Resources Committee.

At the University of Ottawa, Sara earned the Beament Green Prize in Advocacy, the Maritime Law Book Ltd. Scholarship, and the Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP Prize. Sara also completed the Business Leadership for Women Lawyers through the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

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Education

University of Saskatchewan, BA (International Studies), 2000, with high honours University of Ottawa, LLB, 2006 

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2007

Recent Experience

Wilbur-Ellis Holdings II, Inc., in its acquisition of Nachurs Alpine Solutions.
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., in its approximately US$300-million acquisition of RPM Technologies.
FlashStock Technology Inc., in its sale to Shutterstock, Inc., a leading global provider of commercial digital imagery, for approximately US$50 million. Provided advice on vendor side regarding executive employment issues and transfer of employees.
Xplornet Communications Inc., Canada's leading rural broadband service provider, in its acquisition from Vecima Networks Inc. of all YourLink Internet services operations in Saskatchewan for $28.75 million. Provided advice related to employee transfer issues.
McEwen Mining Inc. in its US$35-million cash purchase of the Black Fox Mine and other assets from Primero Mining Corp. This was the first large Canadian acquisition of an operations asset by McEwen Mining that employs approximately 300 employees. Employment services included advice on the asset purchase agreement, on offers for hundred being hired as part of the transaction, among other employment issues.
Wheaton Income (formerly Cannabis Wheaton Income Corp.), in its purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of RockGarden Medicinals (2014) Inc.
Regularly advise on mass terminations and business shutdowns in Ontario and more broadly across Canada.
Regularly advise on workplace investigations, including corporate governance and harassment related issues.
Regularly advise clients in the cannabis sector on employment related issues, including executive compensation issues; structuring employment relationships at production facilities, use of contractors, and the classification of employees as agricultural workers; consideration of successor employer issues from a labour relations perspective as cannabis licensed producers acquire greenhouses and other properties.

Insights, News & Events

Speaking Engagements

Association of Corporate Counsel Seminar

June 12, 2019
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Vancouver Hosts Women in Cleantech Challenge

May 28, 2019
       

Blog

New Employment Standard Poster for Ontario Employers to Post

January 23, 2019
       

Blog

Bill 47 Implements Significant Changes to Ontario Employment Standards Legislation

December 04, 2018
       

Articles

Cannabis in the Workplace

November 26, 2018
       

Speaking Engagements

2018 Employment Litigation Advocacy Seminar

September 21, 2018
       

Speaking Engagements

2018 IBTR Seminar

September 18, 2018
       

In the News

The Lawyer's Daily on New Bennett Jones Partners

April 06, 2018
       

Announcements

Bennett Jones Names 10 New Partners

March 28, 2018
       

Blog

Increased Scrutiny of Worker Misclassification in Ontario

March 20, 2018
       

Speaking Engagements

2018 Academy Series Presentation

February 28, 2018
       

Speaking Engagements

Cannabis in the Workplace: A Primer for Employers

February 28, 2018
       

Speaking Engagements

Cannabis in the Workplace: A Primer for Employers

February 28, 2018
       

Blog

New Employment Standards Poster for Ontario Employers to Post

January 23, 2018
       

Blog

New “Equal Pay for Equal Work” Provisions in Ontario Limit Ability to Vary Employees’ Pay Based on Employment Status

January 16, 2018
       

Speaking Engagements

Major Changes Are on the Horizon for Ontario Employers—Are You Ready?

October 04, 2017
       

Blog

Plain Language in Bonus Plan Prevails: No Employment, No Vesting, No Bonus

January 10, 2017
       

Bennett Jones Academy Events

Bennett Jones Academy Series: Employment Services Update: What's New and What Employers Need to Know

November 15, 2016
       

Blog

Fixed-term Employment Agreements: Draft Them Carefully

April 27, 2016
       

Speaking Engagements

Mastering Employment Contracts Termination Clauses and Restrictive Covenants

March 31, 2016
       

Blog

New Sexual Harassment Laws Create Additional Obligations for Ontario Employers

March 10, 2016
       

Articles

For First Time, 22,000 Mounties Can Begin Organizing in 2010

February 29, 2016
       

Speaking Engagements

6th Annual In-House Counsel Summit

February 29, 2016
       

Speaking Engagements

Ontario Bar Association Employment Seminar

February 29, 2016
       

Speaking Engagements

Canadian Bar Association Employment Seminar

December 16, 2015
       

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