Carly Baker
Associate
Experience
Carly acts for clients on a wide range of matters related to labour and employment law, including:
- Advising on hiring practices, employment standards, discipline and terminations, workplace investigations, human rights and occupational health and safety obligations, and workplace policies for both union and non-union workplaces;
- Drafting employment agreements and independent contractor agreements;
- Drafting workplace policies and procedures for both union and non-union workplaces;
- Advising clients on union matters including union organization drives, collective bargaining, collective agreement interpretation, unfair labour practice complaints, duty of fair representation complaints, certification and revocation applications, and successor and common employer applications; and
- Representing clients in:
- Employment-related litigation;
- Human rights complaint proceedings;
- Occupational Health & Safety disciplinary action complaint proceedings;
- Grievance arbitrations; and
- Labour board proceedings.
Carly has appeared before all levels of Court in Alberta, as well as before the Alberta Labour Relations Board and Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board.
Community involvement
Carly is a volunteer lawyer for Pro Bono Law Alberta.
Professional involvement
Professional associations
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Canadian Bar Association
- Member, Calgary Bar Association
- Member, Law Society of Saskatchewan
- Member, Runnymede Society
Representative work
Successfully Resisted OHS Disciplinary Action Complaint Appeal
Successfully represented employer in opposing a former employee's appeal to the Alberta Labour Relations Board from an Occupational Health & Safety Officer's dismissal of a disciplinary action complaint.
Successfully Resisted Reconsideration Application of OHS Appeal Dismissal
Successfully represented employer in opposing a former contractor's reconsideration application to the Alberta Labour Relations Board concerning an OHS Appeal.
Successfully Resisted Certification Applications
Successfully represented employer in objecting to a Labour Relations Officer's Report that had concluded an applied-for bargaining unit was appropriate for bargaining.
Successfully represented employer in opposing a union's objection to Labour Relations Officer's Report that the union had not demonstrated adequate support among an applied-for unit.
Successfully Represented Union in Organizing Drive
Successfully represented union in certification application proceeding after establishing that an existing employee association was not a valid trade union.
Successfully Represented Union in Establishing Valid Voluntary Recognition Agreement
Successfully represented union in establishing voluntary recognition collective agreement was valid and a bar to a rival union’s certification application.
Successfully Applied for Reconsideration of a Duty of Fair Representation Complaint
Successfully represented union in reconsideration application of a Board decision finding the union had breached its duty of fair representation after the grievor refused a reasonable settlement.
Successful in Summary Dismissal of Duty of Fair Representation Complaint
Successfully represented union in applying for summary dismissal of a duty of fair representation complaint.
Awards
Recent honours and recognition
BD&P Employment & Labour Group named 2023 Reader's Choice in the Employment & Labour Law – Full Service Firm category by Canadian HR Reporter
Publications
July 25, 2022
The Supreme Court maintains that there is no ceiling to delay in administrative proceedings
October 11, 2021