Paul Broad Quoted in Canadian Lawyer Magazine

Hicks Morley’s Paul Broad was quoted in the October 24, 2011 edition of Canadian Lawyer magazine. In an article entitled “An odd, but sensible, ruling,” Paul comments on the October 17, 2011 decision of OLRB Chair Bernard Fishbein, authorizing a former Vice Chair of the OLRB to continue to preside over an ongoing certification application…

Municipalities Exposed To Construction Collective Agreements

In a recent decision, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (“OLRB”) held that key non-construction employer provisions of the Ontario Labour Relations Act, 1995 (the “Act”) were unconstitutional. In this FTR Now, we discuss how the decision could have an impact on the ability of municipalities to tender construction work. BACKGROUND The construction industry labour relations…