Jennifer Glougie will continue as chair of the BC Labour Relations Board and the Employment Standards Tribunal for another five years. She has held both positions since February 2022 and was reappointed by Niki Sharma, attorney general, following what Sharma called a merit-based recruitment process.
The new term will begin on Feb. 5, 2025. Glougie has a law degree from the University of Victoria and a PhD in linguistics from the University of British Columbia. She is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia and the Canadian Bar Association, as well as the Canadian Linguistics Association, the International Association of Forensic Linguists, and the International Law and Language Association.
Before taking up her current role, Glougie served as associate chair of the BC Labour Relations Board from May 2018 to February 2022. In her private practice, she was involved in labour education through the Canadian Labour Congress and various labour councils in British Columbia.
The BC Labour Relations Board is an independent administrative tribunal tasked with resolving disputes in unionized workplaces under the Labour Relations Code. The Employment Standards Tribunal handles appeals of decisions made by the Employment Standards Branch, established under the Employment Standards Act. Both bodies aim to provide employers and workers with a structured process for addressing workplace disputes.
