Natasha Monkman is a pensions and benefits lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office and the chair of the firm’s Pensions, Benefits and Compensation Practice Group. She regularly advises employers on governance, plan administration, investment and compliance matters relating to their employee benefit plans and pension plans as well as compensation matters.
Practice Area: Pensions, Benefits & Compensation
Frank Cesario
Frank is a senior litigator in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. He is a strategic counsel for his clients, and has significant courtroom and hearing experience representing clients in complex and high-profile cases.
Represented a media company plan administrator before the Ontario Superior Court and the Court of Appeal for Ontario in a precedent-setting case establishing the standard for separation agreement language needed to create a pension plan assignment following a member’s marriage breakdown.
Represented a media company plan administrator before the Ontario Superior Court and the Court of Appeal for Ontario in a precedent-setting case establishing the standard for separation agreement language needed to create a pension plan assignment following a member’s marriage breakdown.
Natasha Monkman Appeared on Heirs + Omissions a Cable 14 Hamilton Legal Talk Show
Hicks Morley’s Natasha Monkman was a guest on Heirs + Omissions November 24, 2015. Natasha and show host, Adam Cappelli, discussed spousal and beneficiary entitlements under registered pension plans.
Ontario to Reform Certain Workplace Laws Relating to Construction Labour, Pensions and Workplace Safety and Insurance
On November 18, 2015, the Ontario government introduced Bill 144, the Budget Measures Act, 2015, omnibus legislation that would, if passed and among other things, implement reforms to construction labour relations, workplace safety and insurance indexing and to certain rules governing multi-employer pension asset transfers. The proposed Bill 144 changes include: Amending the construction industry provisions of…
Update on Timing of Proposed Changes to Taxation of Stock Options
In remarks accompanying the new federal government’s first fiscal update, on November 20, 2015, Canada’s Minister of Finance provided further guidance on proposed changes to tax rules that would limit the annual deduction from income that employees can claim upon exercising stock options. Significantly, Minister Morneau indicated that any such changes would only apply to…
2015 Federal Election Update: ORPP or CPP – Which Will it be?
Editor’s Note: Following publication of this communication, the Ontario government announced that the first wave of ORPP implementation will be delayed by one year to January 1, 2018. Please be sure to read our FTR Now of February 17, 2016 for updated information on this significant development, or contact your regular Hicks Morley lawyer for…
Recognition
Hicks Morley is proud to be a recognized leader in the field of human resources law: One of Canada’s Best Law Firms in Labour & Employment and Human Rights The Globe and Mail 2025 A leading law firm in Employment & Labour Chambers Canada 2025 45 lawyers recognized in Labour and Employment Law, Education Law,…
Hicks Morley Ranked as a Leading Firm by Chambers Canada 2016
Hicks Morley has been ranked in the inaugural issue of Chambers Canada 2016 in the areas of Employment & Labour and Pensions & Benefits. The firm is referred to as an “excellent firm in every respect” with its lawyers regarded as “very competent and committed to good client service.”
Industries
Different industry sectors have different human resources issues. Some industries grapple with the effects of globalization or regulation, others with a shortage of talent and still others with the impact of rapid growth. Our industry knowledge gives us a clear context in which to provide clients with solutions that work within their competitive environment.