Regularly appears before the Ontario Labour Relations Board on a variety of construction and non-construction matters including ESA claims, certification applications and status disputes, s. 50 reprisals, etc.
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.
Counsel to various film and television production companies in connection with all employment and labour-related matters.
Ongoing strategic advice to clients in the private, public, and municipal sectors in connection with accommodation, workplace harassment, discipline, termination and restructuring issues.
Advised and represented hospitals and private sector employers on various pandemic-related issues.
Successfully represented a national client in a 2-day trial at the Alberta Provincial Court, defending a termination for cause of an employee in a safety-sensitive role.
Represented a financial institution in successfully having an unjust dismissal complaint before the Canada Industrial Relations Board dismissed, on the basis that the Board lacked jurisdiction to hear the complaint because the complainant previously filed a complaint under Part II of the Canada Labour Code.
Successfully represented a global retailer in multiple complaints before the Ministry of Labour, including regarding a for cause termination of an employee, and a constructive dismissal claim.
Successfully represented an entertainment facility on the appeal of the employee’s application to the court for a declaration that the facility had surrendered its common law right to terminate without notice through its policies and procedures.
Successfully represented an employer before the Divisional Court on an appeal involving issues of frustration of contract and the duty to accommodate.
Successfully overturned loss of earnings benefits following the termination of a worker for misrepresentations on his employment application.