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Ms Pawluk's practice focuses exclusively on occupational health and safety and workplace safety matters. She acts for employers who are experiencing difficulties with regulators of workplace health and safety questions, including the WCB of British Columbia. She also assists employers concerned with their WCB costs. Lorna is a columnist with Canadian Occupational Safety and a member of the Board of Directors of the British Columbia Safety Authority. Lorna was an Appeal Commissioner with the Appeal Division of the WCB from 1991 until 2001. In that position she decided approximately 1000 appeals from decisions of the WCB. She has also been an adjudicator for the Employment Standards Tribunal and Legal Counsel to the Commissioner for the Industrial Relations Council. |
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Appeal Commissioner in the Appeal Division of the Workers' Compensation Board 1991-2001. |
Adjudicator (ad hoc), Employment Standards Tribunal. 1996-1998. |
Legal Counsel to Commissioner, Industrial Relations Council. 1989-1991. |
Associate Lawyer, Campney & Murphy 1988-1989. |
In-house Counsel, Personnel Administration Office, Labour Relations Division, Government of Alberta 1985-1987. |
September, 1985-December, 1985: Part-Time Lecturer, Grant McEwan Community College, Edmonton, Introductory Political Science. |
Associate Lawyer, Wright, Chivers & Co 1983-1985. |
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Speaker, WorkSafeBC: Investigations Division, Continuing Legal Education Conference, Workers Compensation 2006 Update, April 7, 2006. |
Speaker, Information Exchange workshop, "Bill C-45 and Criminal Liability for Unsafe Work Act", Vancouver, February 6, 2006. |
Author, "Solicitor Client Privilege", Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, Workers Compensation 2006 Update, April 7, 2006. |
Speaker, Human Resources Management Association, “WCB Update: 2004”, Vancouver, January 20, 2004; Prince George, March 25, 2004. |
Speaker, Human Resources Management Association, “WCB Update”, Vancouver Island, May 20, 2003. |
Author, “Director Liability”, Business in Vancouver, March, 2003. |
Speaker, Lorman Educational Services, "Due Diligence and Health and Safety Obligations," June, 2003, Vancouver and Victoria. |
| Speaker, Continuing Legal Education Conference “Commentary on WCAT", Workers Compensation Update”, March 31 – April 1, 2003. |
Speaker, Canadian Society of Safety Engineers, “Update on Workers Compensation”, November 26, 2002. |
Speaker, Human Resources Management Association, “The WCB Core Report”, Vancouver - June 12 and 18, 2002; Victoria - June 19, 2002. |
Speaker, University of British Columbia, Conferences, “Whole Body Vibration: Legal Aspects”, April 4, 2001. |
Author, “Freedom of Association and Labour Law”, The Advocate, Nov. 1991. |
Past Vice-Chairman, Canadian Bar Association, Constitutional Law Section, Vancouver. |
Member, Canadian Bar Association, Administrative Law and Employment Law Sections, British Columbia Branch. |
Speaker, Industrial Relations Management Association, Fall Conference, 1988, October 16 – 18, 1988: “Variable Compensation”, Vancouver. |
Past Chairman, Canadian Bar Association, Labour Section, Alberta Branch, 1984 – 1987. |
Organizer, Conference on Labour Law and the Charter of Rights, Alberta Branch of Canadian Bar Association, Labour Section, September 13, 1986. |
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| Law Society of British Columbia, Certified Mediator, 2000. |
August 26, 1988: Admission to the Law Society of British Columbia. |
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Graduate Studies, LLM, December 1990; thesis: “Variable Compensation in British Columbia.” |
University of Alberta, Faculty of Law, LLB, April 1982. |
University of Alberta, Faculty of Graduate Studies, M.A. (Political Science. Sc), April 1978. |
University of Alberta, Faculty of Arts, B.A. (Hons.) Political Science, April 1975. |
July 8, 1983: Admission to the Law Society of Alberta. |
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