Successfully represented numerous federally regulated employers in unjust dismissal complaints under the Canada Labour Code.
Work
We offer legal services that include advice, courtroom and tribunal advocacy, negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, policy development and strategic planning. Below are examples of work we have performed for our clients.
Guided several major financial institutions though extensive restructurings and mass terminations.
Provided strategic advice to a media company in order to successfully resist union certification.
Defeated a grievance in which the grievor claimed an entitlement to sick pay benefits during a period of absence for which her claim for WSIB benefits was denied.
Successfully defended a discharge grievance for a long-term care home involving a healthcare worker terminated for resident abuse.
Strategic advisor to multi-location retailer in relation to union negotiations concerning significant business restructuring.
Counsel and spokesperson for Ontario Community Colleges in last six rounds of provincial faculty negotiations.
Persuaded an arbitration board to uphold the termination for cause of a hospital employee with nearly 30 years of service for assault in the workplace.
Successfully argued before Divisional Court to quash an arbitration award in the Colleges sector that would have allowed 1200 grievances to proceed.
Successfully argued on behalf of a large steel mill that the union’s unreasonable conduct meant that no compensation should be awarded to an employee.