Avleen maintains a broad labour and employment practice. She offers advice and representation to employers and management in the public and the private sectors on a wide range of matters including grievance arbitrations, wrongful dismissals, human rights and accommodation, collective bargaining, and workplace health and safety.
Practice Area: Employment Law
33 Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® List
Congratulations to the 33 Hicks Morley lawyers who are recognized in the 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada™ in the areas of Labour and Employment Law, Employee Benefits Law, Corporate and Commercial Litigation, and Workers’ Compensation Law.
Three Lawyers Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ for Labour and Employment Law
Hicks Morley is delighted to share that Njeri Damali Sojourner-Campbell, Amanda Cohen and Nigel McKechnie have been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ for their outstanding work in Labour and Employment Law.
Federal Government Adds Exemptions and Modifications to Hours of Work Provisions, Repeals Penalties for Breaches
The federal government recently published regulations amending the Exemptions from and Modifications to Hours of Work Provisions Regulations and the Administrative Monetary Penalties (Regulations). (For further information on the exemptions, please see our Federal Post from December 16, 2021, Federal Government Publishes Exemptions to New Hours of Work and Notice of Schedule Requirements under Canada…
Best Lawyers® Awards Hicks Morley “Law Firm of the Year” for Labour and Employment Law in Canada
Hicks Morley is proud to announce that the firm has been awarded “Law Firm of the Year” for Labour and Employment Law in Canada by Best Lawyers® for the second year in a row.
Ontario Announces Legislative Review of the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015
The Ministry of the Solicitor General is conducting a legislative review of the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (PRCRA). The legislative review was announced on the government’s Regulatory Registry.
Arbitrator Finds Mandatory Vaccination Policy to Be Reasonable
Arbitrator Goodfellow recently released his decision in Central West Local Health Integration Network v. Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 96. The issue before Arbitrator Goodfellow was the mandatory vaccination policy of two Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) employers—the Central West Local Health Integration Network and the Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network (collectively the…
Federal Government Consultation on Accessibility Standard on Employment
Accessibility Standards Canada (ASC) has published a draft Accessibility Standard on Employment (Standard) as part of its mandate under the Accessible Canada Act (the ACA). Background The ACA came into force on July 11, 2019, and the Accessible Canada Regulations (Regulations) made under the ACA came into force on December 13, 2021. The ACA and…
Amanda Lawrence-Patel Quoted in Canadian HR Reporter Article About Bill 26, Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act
Canadian HR Reporter quoted Hicks Morley’s Amanda Lawrence-Patel in an article titled, “Bill 26 takes effect in Ontario.”
Federal Pay Equity Commissioner Denies Application by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat to Establish Multiple Plans
On June 22, 2023, the Interim Pay Equity Commissioner (Commissioner) denied a request by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, on behalf of the Treasury Board as employer (TBS), for authorization to establish three pay equity plans for employees in the core public administration (CPA). The establishment of multiple plans is an exception to the…