Hicks Morley’s Mark Mason, Jessica Toldo and Amanda Cohen authored an article in the Canadian Employment Law Today titled “Pregnant Firefighters Can Be Accommodated Outside of 24-hour Shifts: Arbitrator.” The article discusses a recent Ontario arbitral that provided clarification on municipalities’ obligations when accommodating pregnant firefighters on 24 hour shifts. The arbitrator dismissed the Association’s…
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Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC): Honours John Saunders with President’s Award
On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 Hicks Morley’s John Saunders was honoured at The Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs Gala with the President’s Award. Fire Fighting in Canada‘s May 8, 2014 Editor’s Blog shares highlights from the Gala, and discusses John and Carolyn’s comprehensive work regarding the Elliot Lake Algo Centre mall collapse Inquiry. View Blog
John Saunders Mentioned in Fire Fighting in Canada
Hicks Morley’s John Saunders was mentioned in the September 3, 2013 edition of Fire Fighting in Canada in an article entitled, “Police deserve higher pay than firefighters, report says.” The article discussed Deloitte’s job-evaluation report, presented by John Saunders at the City of London’s interest arbitration, which concluded that fire fighters do not deserve equal or…
John Saunders Quoted in The London Free Press
Hicks Morley’s John Saunders was quoted in the August 27, 2013 edition of The London Free Press in an article entitled, “Toronto attorney John Saunders argues during arbitration hearing that the old rules are gone and some non-core services should be outsourced.” The article discusses contract arbitration hearings regarding proposed retroactive wage hikes for the…
John Saunders Mentioned in The Globe and Mail
Hicks Morley’s John Saunders was mentioned in the August 8, 2013 edition of The Globe and Mail in Margaret Wente’s article entitled, “A nation of $100,000 firefighters.” Highlighting municipal budgets’ contentions with fire departments, the article attributes firefighters’ high wages and substantive increases to arbitration settlements. Paraphrasing Saunders, “There’s no good reason for salaries to…
John Saunders Quoted in TheRecord.com
Hicks Morley’s John Saunders was quoted in the June 26, 2013 edition of TheRecord.com in an article entitled, “Waterloo firefighters seek pay parity at arbitration.” The article discusses the current arbitration between the City of Waterloo and the Waterloo Professional Fire Fighters Association. View Article
Hicks Morley Recognized in EMC News
Hicks Morley was recognized in the January 24, 2013 edition of EMC News in an article entitled “Fire chief honoured for work in negotiations“. Hicks Morley is a proud sponsor of the annual Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs’ Labour Relations Seminar and this year honoured Fire Chief Joel Gorman with the 2012 Fire Chief of…