Partner, London
Direct: 519.931.5605
Main: 519.433.7515
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Year of Call: Ontario, 2004
Biography
Jodi Gallagher Healy is a labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s London office. She advises and represents employers on a wide range of labour and employment issues including grievance arbitrations, interest arbitration, labour relations strategy, human rights and accommodation, workers’ compensation claims and revenue appeals, wrongful dismissal litigation, and employment standards compliance/litigation.
Jodi appears as counsel before a variety of administrative boards, mediators and judicial decision makers, is a frequent author and speaker on labour and employment law issues and has extensive experience acting for both provincially and federally regulated employers.
Jodi served on the Ontario Bar Association Labour and Employment Section Executive from 2009 to 2019 in various roles, including Chair for 2017–2018.
Jodi teaches a Labour Arbitration Law & Practice course at Western University’s Law School.
Practice Areas
Employment Law Human Rights Labour Relations Litigation Occupational Health Workplace Safety & Insurance
Industries
Colleges Education Energy & Utilities Financial Services Government Ministries & Agencies (Federal and Provincial) Healthcare Manufacturing Media & Communications Mining & Natural Resources Municipalities & Municipal Agencies Professional & Technical Services Retail & Wholesale Trade Transportation & Warehousing Universities
Awards & Recognition
The Best Lawyers in Canada™ (2024–2025)
Labour and Employment Law
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (2018–2024)
Employment Law, Labour Relations (Consistently Recommended)
Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory (2024)
Workers' Compensation (Repeatedly Recommended)
Memberships & Affiliations
Middlesex Law Association – Member
London Chamber of Commerce – Member
Canadian Bar Association – Member
Ontario Bar Association – Member
Select Publications & Presentations
“Chronic Mental Stress WSIB Claims: What Can We Learn From First Responders?” DisruptHR (November 1, 2023)
“WSIB Law for Lawyers and Paralegals 2023” Law Society of Ontario (October 30, 2023)
Co-Chair, “The Eight-Minute Labour Lawyer 2022” (June 2, 2022)
Co-Chair, “The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2021” and Presenter, “Black Lives Matters: Restorative Actions” Law Society of Ontario (June 24, 2021)
Co-Chair, “The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2020” and Presenter, “Lessons Learned on Running an Arbitration or Mediation Remotely” Law Society of Ontario (June 29, 2020)
Education
Dalhousie University, LL.B. (Dean’s List)
Dalhousie University, M.Sc.
Dalhousie University, B.Sc. (Honours)
