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Sara G. Parchello

Partner

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T: 416.777.6232

Toronto

Pachello Sara
 
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T: 416.777.6232


Toronto

  • Education
  • Bar Admissions
  • Recent Experience
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services
  • Recent Experience
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services

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.

Education

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

Bar Admissions

Ontario, 2007

Recent Experience

True Wind Capital and its portfolio company, Transflo, in Transflo's approximately $20-million acquisition of Microdea, a document management software company in the transportation and logistics sector.
1908 GP Inc., in the formation of 1908 LP and the formation and capitalization of POI Holdings LP by a syndicate of private Canadian investors led by Cody Church, on behalf of Clear North Capital, together with a team that included Rakesh Saraf (formerly of ATRF) and Kenny Albert (formerly of Kilmer Capital), and the acquisition of a majority interest in the business of POI Business Interiors Inc., a provider of workspace environment solutions and a Steelcase distributer in Ontario.
Diversified, in its acquisition of the business of Advanced Presentation Products.
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

Announcements

ESG Series: Defining and Driving ESG Within Your Organization

January 08, 2021
       

Blog

COVID-19 Screening Now Required for Access to Ontario Workplace

October 01, 2020
       

Blog

Ontario Extends the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave and Delays Layoffs under the ESA until January 2, 2021

September 15, 2020
       

Articles

Sara Parchello and Archana Ravichandradeva in Cannabis Retailer

September 10, 2020
       
2020
May
05
       

Event

Employee Relations and Reputation Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Part Two

2020
Apr
30
       

Event

Employee Relations and Reputation Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Part One

Speaking Engagements

Employee Relations and Reputation Management Webinar Series

April 30, 2020
       

Blog

The Proposed Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Takes Another Turn

April 09, 2020
       

Blog

An Alternative to Layoffs—Federal Work Sharing Program Provides Potential Respite from COVID-19 Wage Crunch

April 07, 2020
       

Blog

Ontario Government Issues an Updated List of Essential Workplaces and Services During COVID-19 Emergency

April 04, 2020
       

Blog

Additional Details on the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy for Employers Impacted by COVID-19

April 02, 2020
       

Blog

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit for Individuals Impacted by COVID-19—New Details Announced

April 02, 2020
       

Blog

An Overview of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit in Respect of COVID-19 Employment Disruptions

March 26, 2020
       

Speaking Engagements

Human Resources Navigating COVID-19

March 26, 2020
       

Speaking Engagements

Sara Parchello on Human Resource Issues for Business: GVBOT Webinar

March 26, 2020
       

Blog

Ontario's Essential Workplaces Under the COVID-19 Emergency Order: Practical Information for Assessing Employer Obligations

March 25, 2020
       

Blog

Ontario Orders Closure of Non-Essential Workplaces

March 23, 2020
       

Blog

Employer's Guide to COVID-19—Managing Issues of Pay

March 19, 2020
       

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 2016
       

Speaking Engagements

Ontario Bar Association Employment Seminar

February 2016
       

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