Represented multiple pension plan trustees in a class action relating to ownership of surplus pension plan funds.
Practice Area: Pensions, Benefits & Compensation
Represented individual trustees of a supplemental retirement benefit plan in a class action arising from the partial wind-up of the plan.
Represented individual trustees of a supplemental retirement benefit plan in a class action arising from the partial wind-up of the plan.
Represented a provincial government in a class action challenging retiree benefit plan changes.
Represented a provincial government in a class action challenging retiree benefit plan changes.
Had a grievance dismissed which alleged that a hospital had failed to provide a union and its members with benefit improvements as a result of the hospital receiving Employment Insurance Rebates.
Had a grievance dismissed which alleged that a hospital had failed to provide a union and its members with benefit improvements as a result of the hospital receiving Employment Insurance Rebates.
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.
Represented an employer and insurance company at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario successfully arguing that the practice of coordination of spousal benefits is not discriminatory.
Represented an employer and insurance company at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario successfully arguing that the practice of coordination of spousal benefits is not discriminatory.
Successfully defended large power sector client against a grievance in the construction industry regarding the removal of a long-standing benefit not captured by the collective agreement language.
Successfully defended large power sector client against a grievance in the construction industry regarding the removal of a long standing benefit not captured by the collective agreement language.
Successfully represented a financial institution at trial in defending a claim relating to incentive compensation.
Successfully represented a financial institution at trial in defending a claim relating to incentive compensation.
Successfully represented a major bank on a multi-million-dollar human rights proceeding involving the bank’s pension plan before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.
Successfully represented a major bank on a multi-million-dollar human rights proceeding involving the bank’s pension plan before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.