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Hicks Morley’s Daniel Michaluk and Matin Fazelpour, authored an article in the Canadian Law of Work Forum titled “Responding to a Potential COVID-19 Case in the Workplace – Steady as She Goes.” In this article, Daniel and Matin respond to one of the most frequently asked questions by employers during the COVID-19 outbreak: whether or…
Hicks Morley’s Daniel Michaluk authored an article in the Canadian Law of Work Forum titled “Temperature Screening for the Coronavirus – Necessary but not Sufficient.” As we move deeper into the global pandemic, the use of temperature screening to control the spread of the coronavirus outbreak is presenting as a potential security and public health control….
Hicks Morley continues to monitor changes to the COVID-19 situation. Our priority has been and continues to be our firm members, our clients and the community. We are making efforts to do our part to reduce the risk and effective immediately, we will continue to have lawyers and staff onsite but most of our lawyers…
All of our offices are presently open for business. As recognized leaders in the areas of employment and labour law, Hicks Morley is well-positioned to assist you in your compliance obligations, developing contingency plans and managing the health and safety of your workforce. We have developed a dedicated webpage as a resource regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) to assist employers in navigating the potential impact this pandemic may have on your workplace.
Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that Rebecca Liu has joined the firm as an associate in our Toronto office. Rebecca represents private and public sector employers in grievance arbitrations, human rights complaints, wrongful dismissal claims, employment standards complaints and employment contract disputes.
The December 2019 issue of the International Employment Law Update from Taylor Vinters, an international law firm, features an article by Hicks Morley’s Paul Schwartzman, titled “Canada: Changes to Ontario’s Simplified Procedure and Small Claims Court Rules.” The monetary limits for claims proceeding in Ontario’s Small Claims Court have increased (effective on January 1, 2020), in order…
The Fall 2019 issue of OMHRA’s ECHO newsletter features two articles authored by Amanda Cohen and Jessica Toldo. In the article “Divisional Court Reaffirms the Orillia Hospital Test for Accommodation,” the authors discuss a recent decision by the Ontario Divisional Court which quashed the decisions of the Arbitrator in a workplace accommodation related case.
Hicks Morley has once again been recognized as a leading law firm in the Chambers Canada 2020 guide for Employment & Labour (Ontario and Nationwide) and Pensions & Benefits (Nationwide). The firm receives praise for its “tremendous bench strength” being “a pre-eminent boutique in Ontario,” as well as for working on “very big pensions matters”…
Hicks Morley’s Melissa Roth was featured by PrecedentJD in an August 28, 2019 article titled “Meet Three Lawyers Who Love Living and Working in Waterloo.” “It’s a busy market” Melissa says of Waterloo, a city renowned as the second-densest concentration of tech start-ups in the world – next to Silicon Valley.