Dan Balkaran

J.D.

Senior Associate

Practice Areas

Employment Law

Location

Vancouver

Experience

Dan Balkaran is an employment lawyer in B.C. and a Senior Associate with Samfiru Tumarkin LLP’s Labour and Employment Law practice group.

Working through the firm’s Vancouver office, Dan specializes in maximizing employee rights.

His areas of practice include:

Prior to practicing law, Dan had a successful career managing dynamic Information Technology call centres for major national and international companies. Consequently, he has insider experience with the business logic underpinning company decisions to terminate and compensate employees. Read reviews about Dan.

He’s hired, terminated, promoted, and assessed the salaries of hundreds of employees.  Dan leverages this experience to craft powerful legal solutions for his clients.

Dan has represented clients at all levels of court in BC and is a member of the British Columbia Trial Lawyers Association.

Education

Dan obtained his law degree from the University of British Columbia in 2015 and was called to the BC bar in 2016.

He articled at a full-service Vancouver law firm and then practiced for several years at a plaintiff-side boutique litigation firm.

Live-streams

Get answers to your questions live.  Join Dan as he hosts live Q&A sessions where he answers your questions about employment law.

Past Live-streams:

2023

  • Live Employment Law Q&A, Friday, January 20, 2023 10:30am PST (1:30pm EST)
  • Live Employment Law Q&A, February 17, 2023 10:30am PST (1:30pm EST)
  • Live Employment Law Q&A, March 3, 2023 10:30am PST (1:30pm EST)
  • Live Employment Law Q&A, March 17, 2023 10:30am PDT (1:30pm EDT)
  • Live Employment Law Q&A, March 31, 2023 10:30am PDT (1:30pm EDT)

More from Dan Balkaran

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Blog

COVID October 8th, 2021

The Importance of Employers Having Comprehensive COVID-19 Policies

By Dan Balkaran

Envirosystems Incorporated v. Jeremy Arnot In the age of COVID-19, employers are understandably concerned about the health and safety of their…

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Blog

COVID November 6th, 2020

British Columbia Employees Laid-off Due to COVID-19 May Now Be Able to Claim Substantial Severance

By Dan Balkaran

Laid-off employees in British Columbia who have been left in economically uncertain (un)employment limbo may be owed substantial severance. Read more to…

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