Thelma Zindoga,

I am delighted to join Lawson Lundell because of the firm’s outstanding reputation for legal excellence and innovative solutions. The firm’s collaborative culture and commitment to client success align with my professional values and aspirations, and I am excited to contribute to and continue to grow within this esteemed team.

Thelma Zindoga is an associate in the Vancouver office of Lawson Lundell and a member of the firm’s Labour, Employment and Human Rights Group. Thelma advises employers across a wide range of employment, human rights, privacy and regulatory matters, including recruitment and hiring best practices, employment contract and independent contractor/consultant agreement creation, performance management, terminations and wrongful dismissal claims, workplace safety, and immigration. In addition, Thelma also regularly advises on the employment and labour aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including drafting and negotiating agreements such as purchase agreements, employment contracts, retention agreements, and non-compete agreements, as well as providing advice on integrating employees after the transaction is complete.

In addition to her legal work, Thelma is passionate about global affairs, politics, and social justice. She champions anti-racism and diversity and inclusion efforts in the workplace, community, and society at large.

Thelma is also an alumnus of the United Nations Association in Canada - International Development and Diplomacy Internship Programme (UNAC IDDIP). She was selected as Canada’s Junior Professional Consultant representative at the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in South Africa. Her responsibilities included conducting research on anti-money laundering programs and human and drug trafficking in the Southern African region.

• Law Society of British Columbia, Member

• Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business - Employment & Labour (2025)
• Best Lawyers in Canada: ‘Ones to Watch’ - Corporate and Commercial Litigation (2022-2025), Labour and Employment Law (2025)

General Advisory

• Advising a large Canadian biotechnology company concerning a large group termination, closure of its locations in British Columbia, and relocation of select employees to Ontario.
• Advising an international client concerning eligibility to participate in the Government of Canada’s Work-Sharing Program.
• Assisting with advising a retail company concerning its legal obligations to its employees in British Columbia concerning the closure of its Canadian operations.

Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Co-counsel to a financial institution in a debt claim and counterclaim filed by the defendant alleging wrongful dismissal.
• Counsel to an international company in the technology industry in defence of a claim alleging wrongful dismissal and negotiating a mediated resolution.
• Counsel to a technology company in a constructive dismissal claim and negotiating a mediated resolution.
• Co-counsel to a marketing and advertising company in a personal injury claim in which the client has been added as a third party by the defendants.
• Co-counsel to a company in the food and beverage industry in defence of a human rights complaint alleging discrimination based on sex and negotiating mediated resolution.
• Counsel to a retail company in defence of a human rights complaint alleging discrimination based on Indigenous identity and race and negotiating mediated resolution.
• Counsel to a retail company in defence of a human rights complaint alleging discrimination based on sex and family status and negotiating mediated resolution.
• Co-counsel to a company in the food, beverage, and agribusiness industry in a certification hearing before the British Columbia Labour Relations Board.
• Co-counsel to a client in the retail industry in a certification hearing before the British Columbia Labour Relations Board.
• Counsel to a company in the forestry industry in a privacy complaint filed with the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia.
• Counsel to a company in the manufacturing industry in a workers’ compensation claim filed with WorkSafeBC.
• Counsel to a retail company in defence of a prohibited action complaint filed with WorkSafeBC.
• Pro bono counsel to a charitable organization in a workers’ compensation claim filed with the WorkSafeBC.

Corporate Transactions (Employment & Labour):

• Advising an international private equity firm on employment and labour matters in connection with the acquisition of a power utility company.
• Advising an international petroleum and metals company on employment and labour matters in connection with the acquisition of a leading Canadian electronic water recycling company.
• Advising an international private equity firm on employment and labour matters in connection with the acquisition of a Canadian information technology company.
• Advising an international private equity firm on employment and labour matters in connection with the acquisition of a Canadian multi-disciplinary consulting firm.