Assisted in successfully defending a private-sector client against a union grievance alleging that bargaining unit members were entitled to additional payment for certain tasks.
Practice Area: Labour Relations
Assisted in successfully defending a university client against a grievance alleging that certain long-standing positions should be within a bargaining unit.
Assisted in successfully defending a university client against a grievance alleging that certain long-standing positions should be within a bargaining unit.
Successfully represented a school board in a labour arbitration involving the interpretation of a paid leave under the collective agreement.
Successfully represented a school board in a labour arbitration involving the interpretation of a paid leave under the collective agreement.
Successfully represented a municipality in a fire services interest arbitration involving a complex staffing issue.
Successfully represented a municipality in a fire services interest arbitration involving a complex staffing issue.
Arbitrator Finds Two-Dose Vaccination Policy No Longer Reasonable
On June 17, 2022, Arbitrator Nairn held in FCA Canada Inc. v Unifor, Locals 195, 444, 1285 that a two-dose mandatory vaccination policy (Policy) implemented by an employer was no longer reasonable going forward due to the evolving scientific evidence regarding the COVID-19 virus. In so finding, she cited a number of pre-print scientific studies…
Arbitrator Finds Grievor was Prima Facie Discriminated Against when Employer Denied her Requested Exemption to the COVID-19 Vaccine
In Public Health Sudbury & Districts v. Ontario Nurses’ Association, Arbitrator Robert Herman accepted that an employee may be entitled to an exemption from an employer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy on the basis of creed where they held a sincere belief that the relationship between the COVID-19 vaccines and fetal cell lines was contrary to…
Represented a variety of social services agencies in negotiations for renewal collective agreements and successfully bargained first collective agreements for newly unionized agencies.
Represented a variety of social services agencies in negotiations for renewal collective agreements and successfully bargained first collective agreements for newly unionized agencies.
Who’s Who Legal Recognizes Five Hicks Morley Lawyers as Global Leaders in the Areas of Labour, Employment & Benefits for 2022
Hicks Morley is proud to announce that six of the firm’s lawyers have been recognized by Who’s Who Legal in the areas of labour, employment and benefits.
Recent Cases of Note
Welcome to our latest edition of the School Board Update. In this Update we discuss three significant decisions. The first decision is from the Ontario Labour Relations Board. It clarifies that, with the revocation of O. Reg. 274/12 Hiring Practices, school boards are obliged to comply with Policy/Program Memorandum No. 165, School Board Teacher Hiring…
We Welcome New Associate to the Firm
Hicks Morley is pleased to announce that Laura Buck has joined the firm as an associate in our Waterloo offices.