Dan Palayew is a senior counsel in BLG’s Ottawa office practising in labour and employment law. He advises employers on a wide range of workplace matters, including union organizing and certification, collective bargaining, injunctions, wrongful dismissal actions, employee terminations, arbitrations, pay equity, human rights, occupational health and safety, workplace safety, insurance and workplace privacy. Dan also acts as an investigator and mediator in complex workplace disputes. He has appeared before numerous courts and tribunals, including boards of arbitration, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and Appeals Tribunal, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Appeal.
Dan is a member of the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario and the Ontario Bar Association. He is a Past Member of the Board of Directors and Past Chair, Government Affairs Liaison Committee of the Ottawa Human Resources Professionals Association
Dan was called to the Ontario Bar in 1995.