Successfully represented long-term care and healthcare sector employers at interest arbitration for the renewal of their collective agreements with various unions including ONA, CUPE, OPSEU, and SEIU.
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.
Lead negotiator for companies in central bargaining covering thousands of employees.
Provided legal and strategic advice on several large transactions.
Resolved age discrimination application under Canadian Human Rights Act.
Participated in key victories in union challenges to engineered labour standards in several provinces.
Successfully defended a global corporation in a multi-million dollar wrongful dismissal claim.
Won an arbitration case limiting an employer’s liability in cases of Occupational Health & Safety Act violations.
Successful in limiting a school board’s liability in a grievance seeking over 30 years of retroactive enrollment in OMERS.
Represented an employer at arbitration where the dismissal of an employee for fraudulently claiming benefits over a prolonged period relating to various absences was successfully upheld.
Represented an employer and insurance company at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario successfully arguing that the practice of coordination of spousal benefits is not discriminatory.