Counsel to university boards and municipal councils on executive hiring and terminations.
Practice Area: Employment Law
Counsel for university on appeal to Court of Appeal dismissing action brought by a faculty association.
Counsel for university on appeal to Court of Appeal dismissing action brought by a faculty association.
Three Hicks Morley Lawyers Recognized in Who’s Who Legal: Labour, Employment & Benefits 2016
Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that three of our lawyers have been recognized as among the world’s leading practitioners in the Who’s Who Legal Canada: Labour, Employment & Benefits 2016 guide. Through peer nominations John E. Brooks, Craig S. Rix and Stephen J Shamie are named.
Changing Workplaces Review – Focus on Temporary Help Agencies and their Clients
For the past month, we have reported extensively on the Interim Report issued on July 27, 2016 by the Special Advisors undertaking the Changing Workplaces Review. Previous issues of the FTR Now have reported on potential changes to Personal Emergency Leave, the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA), and the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA)…
Top Listed in Best Lawyers® in Canada
Hicks Morley once again ranked #1 in Canada in the field of Labour and Employment Law in Best Lawyers® in Canada, 2017. Hicks Morley has more listed lawyers in the area of Labour and Employment Law than any other firm in Canada. Hicks Morley lawyers have also been listed in the Employee Benefits Law, the Privacy and Data Security Law and the Workers’ Compensation Law sections…
Changing Workplaces Review – Focus on the Employment Standards Act, 2000
This is our fourth client update related to the Interim Report of the Special Advisors under Ontario’s Changing Workplaces Review (Review). In this FTR Now, we will focus on the options identified by the Special Advisors as potential changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA)…
Changing Workplaces Review – Focus on the Labour Relations Act, 1995
In our third client update related to the Interim Report of the Special Advisors under Ontario’s Changing Workplaces Review (Review), we focus on the options identified by the Special Advisors as potential changes to the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA)…
Regularly assists clients in reviewing and revising internal policies, handbooks, and workplace contracts.
Regularly assists clients in reviewing and revising internal policies, handbooks, and workplace contracts.
Changing Workplaces Review – Personal Emergency Leave
On July 27, 2016, we circulated an FTR Now advising clients of the release of the Interim Report of the Special Advisors who are conducting the Changing Workplaces Review (Review). In this, our first follow-up FTR Now, we will focus on Personal Emergency Leave (PEL) under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) as that entitlement is being singled out for earlier consideration in the Review…
Changing Workplaces Review – Interim Report Issued
Since May 2015, two government-appointed Special Advisors – Mr. Justice John Murray and Mr. Michael Mitchell – have been undertaking the Changing Workplaces Review (Review) to consider the changing nature of the workplace, the causes behind those changes, and whether the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA) and the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) need to be amended to meet challenges created by the changes…