British Columbia, 2016
| Jaime practices in all areas of employment and labour law with a focus on human rights, litigation and administrative law. He advises and represents both public and private sector employers on labour, employment, and human rights matters. He has represented clients at all levels of court in British Columbia, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal along with a wide range of workplace-related administrative tribunals. Jaime concentrates on understanding his clients and their unique workplace dynamics, seeing his role as that of an advisor. He believes that by building strong relationships with his clients he can provide proactive advice and long-term and practical solutions to even the most difficult of problems. Jaime is a “jack of all trades” in workplace law and able to provide advice with respect to all manner of employment and labour disputes including wrongful dismissals, collective bargaining, unfair labour practice complaints, labour arbitrations, human rights complaints, bullying and harassment and discrimination claims as well as providing general advice on a variety of employment and labour related matters. Jaime also has a particular expertise in administrative law, regularly tackling complex judicial reviews of administrative decisions. Jaime began working at Harris as a summer student and became an associate in May 2016, after completing his articles with the firm. In 2018, Jaime was briefly seconded to work as a Labour Relations Consultant for a large post-secondary institution. He then practiced for several years at a large labour and employment boutique firm in Vancouver, B.C. before returning to Harris & Company LLP as a Partner in 2026. |