Hicks Morley’s Craig Rix co-authored an article, along with Karen Gordon of Squeaky Wheel Communications, featured on the cover of the July 2015 issue of Municipal World magazine. In the article entitled, “‘No Comment’ Is Not the Answer“, Craig addresses social media best practices and the important role of strategic communications in the context of…

Hicks Morley congratulates Stephen Shamie  for once again being recognized as leaders in management labour and employment law in Who’s Who Legal: Management Labour & Employment 2015. Published since 1996, Who’s Who Legal recognizes the foremost legal practitioners in 34 areas of business law. Peer and client evaluations support the research of this publication to…

Hicks Morley congratulates each one of our lawyers who has been recognized as a leading practitioner in the 2015 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.   Toronto David J. Bannon Labour Relations Labour Relations – Construction Sector Occupational Health & Safety Workers’ Compensation Harvey A. Beresford, Q.C. Labour Relations John E. Brooks Employment Law Labour Relations Donna…

Hicks Morley is delighted to once again be named “Most Frequently Recommended” as a leading firm in Labour Relations in the Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and London areas, and “Consistently Recommended” as a leading firm in Labour Relations in the Ottawa area. The firm has also once again been named “Consistently Recommended” in Pension & Employee Benefits – Toronto and “Repeatedly Recommended”…

In the CTV News video article, “Hundreds sweat it out cycling for children fighting cancer“, Hicks Morley participants are seen pedaling in a spin-a-thon to raise funds that will directly benefit cancer research at the Hospital for Sick Children’s Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning. Hicks Morley has been a proud supporter of Bike…

Hicks Morley’s John Saunders was quoted in a June 2, 2015 paNow (Prince Albert. Right Now!) article entitled “POLL: Facing rising fire dept. labour costs, P.A. calls in big-city lawyer“. The article focuses on the decision made by the City of Prince Albert to hire John to represent and help handle its current round of…

Hicks Morley’s Michael Hines authored an article in the Summer 2015 edition of Education Today entitled, “School Closures: Some Common Questions Answered”. The article highlights six commonly asked questions about the legal challenges that schools face when making decisions about school closures, while providing clarification and best practices for each. Michael states that “Ontario courts…

Hicks Morley’s Stephanie Jeronimo and Julia Nanos co-authored two articles in the summer edition of ECHO, a newsletter published by the Ontario Municipal Human Resources Association. In the first article, entitled “New ESA Provisions now in Effect (Don’t Forget about the Posters!)“, the new rules are reviewed and the impact they will have on municipal employers. In…

Hicks Morley’s Stephen Shamie was quoted in The Globe and Mail on June 4, 2015, in an article entitled, “B.C. judge reserves ruling in CFL concussion suit“. The article discusses a lawsuit filed by Arland Bruce, a former CFL wide receiver, against the CFL. The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Bruce ‘suffered a concussion during a…

Hicks Morley congratulates Natasha Monkman on receiving the CPBI Regional Volunteer of the Year Award. Natasha has served on the Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute’s Ontario Regional Council since 2011, providing outstanding support to the Ontario Region by serving on many volunteer committees and Chairing this year’s Program and Conference Committee. In doing so, she…