Presented grievance arbitration on issues including performance pay and interaction with hour before and hour after.
Work
We offer legal services that include advice, courtroom and tribunal advocacy, negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, policy development and strategic planning. Below are examples of work we have performed for our clients.
Negotiated collective agreements with International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) for multiple performing arts centres.
Successfully reversed the WSIB’s decision to levy a Fatal Claim Premium Adjustment against an employer.
Successfully argued at the WSIAT to have a worker’s constructive dismissal claim statute barred.
Successfully upheld the denial of benefits due to a worker’s fatal cardiac event.
Successfully argued an employer should be granted 90% cost relief due the severity of the worker’s pre-existing condition.
Ongoing representation of municipalities in grievance arbitration regarding benefit administration and eligibility in the fire sector.
Ongoing representation of hospitals and municipalities across Ontario in their rights and interest arbitrations in the healthcare sector.
Successfully argued the leading case involving the accommodation of pregnant firefighters on 24-hour shifts (disability and family status accommodation), establishing that firefighters must remain able to perform the essential duties of the emergency response position.
Successfully argued that, in meeting its obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and collective agreement provisions regarding health and safety, the employer (paramedic service) was correct in exercising its management rights to determine the appropriate safety equipment to be utilized.