Successfully represented a school board in a termination grievance brought by a former janitorial staff member.
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.
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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.
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).
Successful in limiting a school board’s liability in a grievance seeking over 30 years of retroactive enrollment in OMERS.
Successfully represented various school boards at the Ontario Labour Relations Board in the decision that found ETFO to have engaged in an illegal strike by counseling its members in concert to refuse extra-curricular duties.