Sunday, October 14, 2012

(Re)introducing Diane MacLean

Diane first started contributing to this blog about a year ago and has now become a regular and significant contributor, so I think it's appropriate to re-introduce her to you.    Below is the what I posted on November 14, 2011:

With this posting I'd like to introduce Diane MacLean who has very kindly offered to help keep this blog up to date by reviewing BC arbitration awards and Labour Relations Board s.99 reviews.


Diane MacLean attended S.F.U. and earned a B.A. and M.A. in economics. Her major interests were labour relations and the economics of poverty and discrimination. Diane taught economics at the college and university level before attending law school at U.B.C.

Prior to working for the provincial government, Diane worked as an economic researcher and writer. For example, she researched and prepared briefs for a group of arbitrators regarding proposed changes to the Labour Relations Code and for a group of trade union women regarding proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act. She also did legal research for law firms specializing in labour law.

Diane then spent many years as an Employment Standards Officer and Industrial Relations Officer for the B.C. Ministry of Labour, investigating and mediating complaints under the Employment Standards Act and the Human Right Code, conducting certification and decertification votes under the Labour Relations Code, and conducting grievance mediations for the B.C. Collective Agreement Arbitration Bureau. More recently, she was a Member of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal for five and one-half years. At present, Diane is self-employed, working as a mediator and doing legal research and writing in the areas of labour, employment and human rights.   Welcome Diane!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks!