Successfully represented a school board client in upholding its interpretation of collective agreement language related to its sick leave plan.
Work
Successful in having a proposed class/representative proceeding by 700 former employees dismissed on jurisdiction and limitations grounds in the Ontario Court of Appeal, on behalf of both corporate and individual clients.
Negotiated CAAT transfer agreement and advised employer on all legislative compliance aspects of merger with CAAT Pension Plan.
Provide strategic advice to employers on merger with the CAAT Pension Plan.
Successfully argued on behalf of a hospital that the occupational health and safety assistant job classification should be excluded from the bargaining unit.
Arbitrated multiple job evaluation disputes for a police services board.
Received positive decisions from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario on behalf of several private-sector employers dismissing applications on the basis of no reasonable prospect of success and/or delay.
Successfully defended a hospital’s management rights to determine the number of employees and the full-time/part-time mix of employees required to provide a service.
Acting as counsel to a professional sports league in a class action proceeding under the Competition Act.
Labour and employment counsel to one of Canada’s leading steel producers in its Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act restructurings.