Acted for a transit service provider in a policy grievance relating to the proper interpretation of a recognition clause in a collective agreement.
Practice Area: Labour Relations
Successfully argued on behalf of a police services board that an arbitrator had no jurisdiction to hear a grievance relating to promotion.
Successfully argued on behalf of a police services board that an arbitrator had no jurisdiction to hear a grievance relating to promotion.
Regularly provides advice to employers regarding union organizing, certification and collective bargaining negotiations.
Regularly provides advice to employers regarding union organizing, certification and collective bargaining negotiations.
Successfully represented long-term care and healthcare sector employers at interest arbitration for the renewal of their collective agreements with various unions including ONA, CUPE, OPSEU, and SEIU.
Successfully represented long-term care and healthcare sector employers at interest arbitration for the renewal of their collective agreement with various unions including ONA, CUPE, OPSEU, and SEIU.
Lead negotiator for companies in central bargaining covering thousands of employees.
Lead negotiator for companies in central bargaining covering thousands of employees.
Successful in limiting a school board’s liability in a grievance seeking over 30 years of retroactive enrolment in OMERS.
Successful in limiting a school board’s liability in a grievance seeking over 30 years of retroactive enrolment in OMERS.
Represented an employer at arbitration where the dismissal of an employee for fraudulently claiming benefits over a prolonged period relating to various absences was successfully upheld.
Represented an employer at arbitration where the dismissal of an employee for fraudulently claiming benefits over a prolonged period relating to various absences was successfully upheld.
Successfully represented various school boards at the Ontario Labour Relations Board in the decision that found ETFO to have engaged in an illegal strike by counseling its members in concert to refuse extra-curricular duties.
Successfully represented various school boards at the Ontario Labour Relations Board in the decision that found ETFO to have engaged in an illegal strike by counseling its members in concert to refuse extra-curricular duties.
Persuaded an arbitrator to order the production of a grievor’s complete medical file to his manufacturing employer, in order to support his claim for workplace accommodation.
Against the wishes of the grievor, persuaded the arbitrator to order the production of the grievor’s complete medical file to his manufacturing employer, in order to support his claim for workplace accommodation.
Successfully defended a manufacturer’s decision to terminate an employee for petty theft.
Successfully defended a manufacturer’s decision to terminate an employee for petty theft.