Hicks Morley once again ranked #1 in Canada in the field of Labour and Employment Law in Best Lawyers® in Canada 2012. Hicks Morley has more listed lawyers (25 in total) in this field than any other firm in Canada and is also the #1 ranked firm in Ontario. Toronto John E. Brooks Labour and…
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An article by Hicks Morley’s Thomas Agnew was published in the Labour and Employment Law section of the OBA’s June 2011 newsletter. In an article entitled, “Expanding the Definition of Employment Under Health and Safety Legislation” Thomas discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision to encompass independent contractors within the definition of “employment” under…
Hicks Morley’s Andrew McCreary published an article in the May 23, 2011 edition of OttawaHR magazine. The article discusses the new regulatory requirements of employers under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the key role human resources professionals can be expected to play in achieving compliance. View Article
Hicks Morley’s Ted Kovacs was quoted in the February 2011 edition of Canadian Lawyer Magazine, in the Legal Report: Labour & Employment section. The article, “Facebook is the new water cooler”, discusses the emerging caselaw dealing with the off-duty comment of employees in the context of social media: Is it free and fair speech? or…
Hicks Morley’s Meghan Ferguson was quoted in the June issue Lexpert® Magazine in an article entitled “Safety Matters”. The article talks about the new workplace violence amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Bill 168) which came into effect June 15, 2010. View Summary of Article
Hicks Morley’s Meghan Ferguson was quoted in the June 14th edition of Law Times in an article entitled “Few Ready for Bill 168”. The article talks about the new workplace violence amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Bill 168) which come into effect June 15, 2010. Meghan discusses how employers needed a year…
Hicks Morley congratulates each one of our lawyers who has been recognized in 2010 as a leading practitioner in Lexpert/Thomson Canada’s Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory 2010 List of lawyers click here. Further details can be found on Lexpert.ca
Hicks Morley’s Harvey Beresford was quoted by Law Times while speaking at the Ontario Bar Association Institute conference in Toronto last week. The article, entitled “Workplaces must adapt, lawyers say” discusses the impact of the global economic downturn on “power bargaining” in both the public and private sectors. Beresford says that “unions and employers need…
Hicks Morley’s John Field was quoted in an article entitled “A Piece of the Action” in the July/August issue of Lexpert® Magazine. Field says, “The trouble with claims against employers is that most of them end up being dealt with on an individual basis because they tend to involve individual contracts of employment or circumstances…
Hicks Morley’s Vince Panetta was quoted in the June 22 edition of Law Times in an article entitled “Eastern Ontario lawyers stick close to home”. The article discusses various lawyers’ work experiences in smaller Eastern Ontario cities versus practising in larger metropolitan areas. Vince Panetta explains that working out of the Firm’s Kingston, Ontario office…