We are pleased to announce that Andrew Zabrovsky will serve as the new leader for the Human Rights Practice Group. Andrew has been an active participant in the human rights PG for many years and much of his practice is dedicated to this area. He is an natural fit for the role and will do…
Announcements
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Hicks Morley’s Rayaz Khan authored an article published on February 2, 2021 in Ontario Bar Association titled “HRTO Sexual Harassment Case Note: NK V. Botuik.”
Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that Jacqueline Luksha, Julia Nanos and Shivani Chopra have joined the firm’s partnership. Jacqueline Luksha: Jacqueline is a lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office, providing advice and representation to clients on a wide range of labour and employment issues. Jacqui is a relationship-builder and a strategic problem-solver. She is a…
Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that Stephen Shamie has been recognized among the country’s “Leading Practitioners” in the area of Labour Relations, in The 2021 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada. The guide profiles the “Most Frequently Recommended” lawyers across Canada through an annual peer survey. Congratulations to Stephen! The 2021 Guide also…
Hicks Morley has been recognized as a leader in the fields of Labour and Employment and Pensions in The Legal 500 Canada 2021 guide. The guide notes the firm’s “extensive public sector base” and experience in “labour relations and collective bargaining, employment standards and employee contracts.” The guide also highlighted the firm’s “well regarded pensions group handling…
As one of the fastest regions communities in Ontario, Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo has incredible deep civic roots and a smart strategic plan to invest in the future.
To accommodate the areas’ growing businesses and to show our commitment to the area, Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that it has relocated to a new state-of-the-art facility.
Starting Monday November 30th, we will be based out of the address below.
150 Caroline Street South
Suite 404, Waterloo
Ontario, N2L 0A5
Dianne Jozefacki recently contributed a chapter titled, “Employment Contracts and the State of the Law on Termination Clauses” to the Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2020 by the Honourable Mr. Justice Todd L. Archibald and the late Honourable Mr. Justice Randall Scott Echlin
Canadian HR Reporter quoted Hicks Morley’s Nadine Zacks in a October 1, 2020 article titled “Are you screening workers for COVID?” Employers in Ontario are now required to apply a daily COVID-19 screening test to employees and essential visitors before they enter the workplace. As noted in the article, employers should keep appropriate records so…
We are pleased to announce that Craig Rix has been appointed Managing Partner effective January 1, 2021. He follows Stephen Shamie who held the role for 18 years and who announced that he was stepping down earlier this Summer.
Hicks Morley has once again been recognized as a leading law firm in the Chambers Canada 2021 guide for Employment & Labour (Ontario and Nationwide) and Pensions & Benefits (Nationwide). The firm receives praise for being a “high-quality law firm” whose lawyers provide “very detailed, very thoughtful strategic advice on labour and employment law.”