Hicks Morley congratulates each one of our lawyers who has been recognized as a leading practitioner in the 2016 Canadian Legal Lexpert® Directory.
Practice Area: Workplace Safety & Insurance
WSIAT Finds WSIB’s Fatal Claim Premium Adjustment Policy Contrary to WSIA
In a recent decision, the majority of a Workplace Safety and Insurance Tribunal (Tribunal) Panel ruled that the WSIB’s Fatal…
Jodi Gallagher Healy Quoted by Business Insurance Regarding PTSD Law
Jodi Gallagher Healy was quoted by Business Insurance on May 8, 2016 regarding Bill 163, Ontario’s First Responders Act. Recently, the presumption…
Sunny J. Khaira
In his broad practice, Sunny has successfully represented clients in judicial review applications, wrongful dismissal claims and human rights applications. Sunny has an impressive record in both the private and public sectors. He is regularly successful obtaining dismissals or resolutions of numerous labour arbitration grievances, various proceedings before the Ontario Labour Relations Board, and many wrongful dismissal cases before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Jodi Gallagher Healy Quoted by Business Insurance Concerning Ontario PTSD Law
Jodi Gallagher Healy was quoted by Business Insurance on April 7, 2016 regarding Bill 163, Ontario’s First Responders Act. The Act creates the presumption that PTSD in first responders is work-related which simplifies their access to workers compensation benefits. This will likely affect 73,000 first responders in Ontario…
The Six-Minute Labour Lawyer 2016
Topic Criminal Liability for Workplace Hazards – Nadine Zacks Welcome and Opening Remarks – Jodi Gallagher Healy (Conference Co-Chair) Agenda
2016 Emergency Services Labour Forum
Topics Supporting Ontario’s First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016 Explained Let’s Get It Together – Let’s Coordinate! 5 Bargaining Approaches & Proposals Being Coordinated in Ontario
Ontario Passes Legislation Creating a Statutory Presumption of Work-Relatedness for First Responders Diagnosed with PTSD
On April 5, 2016, the Ontario government passed Bill 163, Supporting Ontario’s First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) 2016, amending the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (“WSIA”) and the Ministry of Labour Act. The Bill will come into force upon Royal Assent.
Ontario Passes PTSD Bill
On April 5, 2016, Bill 163, Supporting Ontario’s First Responders Act (Posttraumatic Stress Disorder), 2016, passed Third Reading as amended by the Standing Committee on Social Policy. As previously reported, Bill 163 amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 to create a rebuttable statutory presumption in favour of granting workers’ compensation benefits to certain…
Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs (OAPC) Annual Labour Relations Update
Topic “Update on EMS Collective Bargaining Trends In Ontario” “Accommodating Mental Health Issues in the Workplace and PTSD Amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 “