Advisor to the Council of Ontario Universities on mandatory vaccination and pandemic regulatory compliance.
Industry: Education
Counsel for a university at arbitration regarding workload issues arising from the pandemic.
Counsel for a university at arbitration regarding workload issues arising from the pandemic.
Counsel for a university at successful arbitration regarding collective agreement interpretation and term appointments.
Counsel for a university at successful arbitration regarding collective agreement interpretation and term appointments.
Counsel for a university at arbitration regarding the recognition clause of a collective agreement and the meaning of the word “teach.”
Counsel for a university at arbitration regarding the recognition clause of a collective agreement and the meaning of the word “teach.”
Counsel for a school board client in successfully resisting expansion of bargaining unit to include deliberately excluded positions.
Counsel for a school board client in successfully resisting expansion of bargaining unit to include deliberately excluded positions.
Co-counsel for a university client at an interest arbitration involving issues of equity.
Co-counsel for a university client at an interest arbitration involving issues of equity.
Counsel for university clients on various labour matters regarding human rights, collective agreement interpretation, disciplinary and pandemic-related matters.
Counsel for university clients on various labour matters regarding human rights, collective agreement interpretation, disciplinary and pandemic-related matters.
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Ontario Introduces Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022
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