Represented a financial institution in a class action relating to overtime pay, including at the certification motion, the common issues trial, and the appeal.
Business Operation: Ontario
Acted as counsel to a major steel producer in the 2004 HRTO decision that established the duty of accommodation as based on the employees’ needs rather than their preferences.
Acted as counsel to a major steel producer in the 2004 HRTO decision that established the duty of accommodation as based on the employees’ needs rather than their preferences.
Represented a large Ontario public school board in an arbitration that resulted in the dismissal of an accommodation claim that sought to create a position for a teacher composed of valuable tasks previously assigned to other teachers.
Represented a large Ontario public school board in a 2015 arbitration that resulted in the dismissal of an accommodation claim that sought to create a position for a teacher composed of valuable tasks previously assigned to other teachers.
Successfully defended the termination of a probationary police constable by a leading Ontario police service in a 2013 human rights tribunal hearing concerning the obligation to accommodate obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Successfully defended the termination of a probationary police constable by a leading Ontario Police Service in a 2013 human rights tribunal hearing concerning the obligation to accommodate obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Successfully defended against applications for judicial review challenging the decisions of two different Ontario school boards to close schools in 2012 and 2014.
Successfully defended against applications for judicial review challenging the decisions of two different Ontario school boards to close schools in 2012 and 2014.
Acted for five Ontario public school boards in obtaining Ontario Labour Relations Board illegal strike declarations against EFTO (2013) and OSSTF (2015).
Acted for five Ontario public school boards in obtaining OLRB illegal strike declarations against EFTO (2013) and OSSTF (2015).
Successfully defended numerous employers in appeals to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Tribunal.
Successfully defended numerous employers in appeals to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Tribunal.
Successfully defended numerous employers in certification applications before the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
Successfully defended numerous employers in certification applications before the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
Represented a provincial government in a class action challenging retiree benefit plan changes.
Represented a provincial government in a class action challenging retiree benefit plan changes.
Successfully represented a health services employer at arbitration and at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in a grievance and an application brought by unionized employee alleging reprisal resulting from association with transgendered employee.
Successfully represented employer at arbitration and at Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in grievance and application brought by unionized employee alleging reprisal resulting from association with transgendered employee.