Participated with Ontario Bar Association in consultations by the Ontario government on new family law pension division scheme.
Practice Area: Pensions, Benefits & Compensation
Acted for an employer in a class action and related negotiation used to obtain court approval of a surplus sharing agreement in the face of difficult trust language.
Acted for an employer in a class action and related negotiation used to obtain court approval of a surplus sharing agreement in the face of difficult trust language.
Appeared before Financial Services Tribunal of Ontario on a dispute over an employer entitlement to pension surplus.
Appeared before Financial Services Tribunal of Ontario on a dispute over an employer entitlement to pension surplus.
Represented an employer in negotiations to transform a single-employer pension plan into a jointly sponsored pension plan, requiring agreement with the union on joint governance, solvency funding relief, employer contribution limits and benefit modifications.
Represented an employer in negotiations to transform a single-employer pension plan into a jointly sponsored pension plan, requiring agreement with the union on joint governance, solvency funding relief, employer contribution limits and benefit modifications.
Successfully defended employer’s interpretation and application of the collective agreement for benefits entitlement.
Successfully defended employer’s interpretation and application of the collective agreement for benefits entitlement.
Represented multiple pension plan trustees in a class action relating to ownership of surplus pension plan funds.
Represented multiple pension plan trustees in a class action relating to ownership of surplus pension plan funds.
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.