Preet Khabra
WORKPLACE LAWYER, VANCOUVER
1-877-402-1002 (Vancouver Toll-Free)
About Preet Khabra
Preet Khabra is a workplace lawyer at Taylor Janis LLP’s Vancouver office, where she practices employment law, Preet Khabra is a workplace lawyer at Taylor Janis LLP’s Vancouver office, where she practices employment law, labour law, civil litigation, and workplace human rights. She represents and advises both employees and smaller employers on a broad range of workplace matters, providing practical and strategic advice tailored to each client’s circumstances, objectives, and priorities.
Preet’s practice includes wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal claims, settlement negotiations, workplace discrimination and accommodation, human rights complaints, workplace investigations, WorkSafeBC claims and appeals, union grievances, prohibited actions, employment agreements, executive compensation disputes, and restrictive covenants, including non-competition and non-solicitation provisions. She also advises and represents professionals involved in investigations, disciplinary proceedings, and regulatory matters before professional associations and governing bodies.
Preet brings experience representing both employees and employers, allowing her to understand the legal, practical, and strategic considerations that arise on both sides of a workplace dispute. She is particularly experienced in wrongful dismissal matters, executive-level compensation disputes, workplace discrimination and accommodation, restrictive covenants, workplace investigations, and regulatory proceedings. Her approach combines careful legal analysis with strong advocacy and a focus on achieving practical resolutions that reflect each client’s individual goals.
Before joining Taylor Janis LLP, Preet practiced at a regional full-service firm in the Fraser Valley, focusing on employment law, civil litigation, and estate litigation. She previously articled at a prominent management-side labour and employment boutique in downtown Vancouver, where she learned to bring a balanced perspective that helps her negotiate favourable deals on behalf of clients.
During law school, Preet worked as a Human Resources Coordinator for a large financial institution, gaining firsthand experience with workplace policies, employee relations, and human resources processes. She also worked with the Investigations team at the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives, where she gained experience with professional regulation, investigations, and administrative proceedings. This experience gives Preet a broader perspective when advising clients facing workplace investigations, disciplinary processes, and regulatory issues.
She obtained her Juris Doctor from Thompson Rivers University and completed her final year of law school at the University of British Columbia on a letter-of-permission basis.
Outside of her legal practice, Preet enjoys staying active, analyzing film and theatre, and travelling to new places. She also occasionally contributes to The Globe and Mail’s workplace law advice column, Nine To Five.
Preet has represented clients before the Supreme Court of British Columbia and the Provincial Court of British Columbia, as well as various tribunals and administrative bodies, including the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, Canadian Human Rights Commission, BC Employment Standards Tribunal, BC Labour Relations Board, Canada Industrial Relations Board, Civil Resolution Tribunal, and WorkSafeBC.
Outside the firm, Preet enjoys staying active at the gym, film/theatre, and travelling to new places, and writes as an occasional contributor to the Globe and Mail’s workplace law advice column “Nine To Five”.
Notable Skills and Achievements
- Has assisted clients who are facing discrimination at their workplaces through the tribunals using a trauma-informed and results-oriented approach.
- Settles over 90% of court cases prior to trial favourably.
- Has procured nearly $300,000 in a discrimination case as a settlement.
- Has procured multiple six-figure settlements in various employment and workplace human rights cases.
- Has favourably secured offers at the initial negotiation stage in the first round.
- Has represented employees who are under workplace investigations favourably.
- Utilizes a wealth of experience representing employees and employers to effectively negotiate and litigate matters on behalf of clients on an extensive range of employment-related issues.
- Skilled in handling executive-level compensation disputes.
- Skilled in handling restrictive covenant issues relating to non-competition clauses and non-solicitation clauses.
Preet achieved a successful result at a labour arbitration on a contract interpretation dispute relating to wages and whether all staff in the bargaining unit are guaranteed a minimum wage increase under the collective bargaining agreement.
Extra Training and Designations
- Accredited human resources management program, September 2020
Professional Memberships
- Law Society of British Columbia
- South Asian Bar Association
Other Languages Spoken
- Punjabi (Fluent)
- Hindi (Conversational)