On December 8, 2022, Bill 26, Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022, as amended, received Royal Assent. We reported on the Bill in our FTR Now of October 28, 2022, Ontario Tables Bill 26 Mandating Post-secondary Institutions to Address Faculty and Staff Sexual Abuse Towards Students in a More Prescriptive Manner. In this FTR…
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Amanda Lawrence-Patel Quoted in Canadian HR Reporter Article on Bill 26
Canadian HR Reporter quoted Hicks Morley’s Amanda Lawrence-Patel in an article titled, “Ottawa proposes big changes to tackle sexual abuse.”
Ontario Tables Bill 26 Mandating Post-secondary Institutions to Address Faculty and Staff Sexual Abuse Towards Students in a More Prescriptive Manner
On October 27, 2022, the Ontario government tabled Bill 26, Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022. If passed, Bill 26 would amend the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act and the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005 to provide measures for post-secondary institutions to address faculty and staff sexual abuse towards students. Amendments to…
Negotiated a collective agreement for a university.
Negotiated a collective agreement for a university.
Arbitrator Finds University’s Vaccination Policy to be Reasonable
On July 22, 2022, Arbitrator Wright released a preliminary award, Wilfrid Laurier University v United Food and Commercial Workers Union, in which he found that the University’s mandatory vaccination policy (Policy) was reasonable. In so finding, he cited the fact that the University implemented the Policy in accordance with the instructions and advice issued by…
Assisted in successfully defending a university client against a grievance alleging that certain long-standing positions should be within a bargaining unit.
Assisted in successfully defending a university client against a grievance alleging that certain long-standing positions should be within a bargaining unit.
Successfully defended a university before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario involving claims of age-discrimination.
Successfully defended a university before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario involving claims of age-discrimination.
Counsel to a number of universities and colleges in their grievance arbitration work.
Counsel to a number of universities and colleges in their grievance arbitration work.
Counsel to universities in their internal investigation work.
Counsel to universities in their internal investigation work.
Advisor to the Council of Ontario Universities on mandatory vaccination and pandemic regulatory compliance.
Advisor to the Council of Ontario Universities on mandatory vaccination and pandemic regulatory compliance.