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[247] Some labour arbitrators in Ontario have considered a breach of a collective agreement as a factor in assessing undue hardship: see, for example, Chatham - Kent Children's Services v. Ontario Public Service Employees» Union, Local 148 (Bowen Grievance), [2014] O.L.A.A. No. 424 (note, however, that the arbitrator in this case relied on Renaud, supra note 208, a case that arose under British Columbia's Human Rights Act, S.B.C. 1984, which did not enumerate specific factors for assessing undue hardship, as the Ontario Human Rights Code does).
Following the usual practice and custom of labour arbitrators in Canada for more than five decades, he ruled that there were no special circumstances justifying anonymity.
I believe it is useful also to consider the approach taken by labour arbitrators in dealing with off — duty conduct.

Not exact matches

So, in the current labour dispute between Canada Post and CUPW, it is Canada Post that has issued a lockout notice, that will likely come into effect on Monday at 12:01 a.m.. Both Canada Post and Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuck are hoping that CUPW agrees to binding arbitration (in which an outside arbitrator would review the dispute and arrive at decision that both parties would be bound to accept) before the proposed lockout dealabour dispute between Canada Post and CUPW, it is Canada Post that has issued a lockout notice, that will likely come into effect on Monday at 12:01 a.m.. Both Canada Post and Labour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuck are hoping that CUPW agrees to binding arbitration (in which an outside arbitrator would review the dispute and arrive at decision that both parties would be bound to accept) before the proposed lockout deaLabour Minister MaryAnn Mihychuck are hoping that CUPW agrees to binding arbitration (in which an outside arbitrator would review the dispute and arrive at decision that both parties would be bound to accept) before the proposed lockout deadline.
The successful candidate will work primarily in the areas of labour and employment law, litigating on behalf of unions and employees before arbitrators, workplace tribunals, and courts.
Chris has represented clients before all levels of court in British Columbia, labour arbitrators, the Employment Standards Branch, the Human Rights Tribunal and the Workers» Compensation Appeal Tribunal.
Terra acts as counsel in proceedings before the courts, arbitrators, labour boards, and human rights tribunals.
Simone has argued cases at all levels of the courts in Ontario including the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, and various matters in front of labour arbitrLabour Relations Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, and various matters in front of labour arbitrlabour arbitrators.
The Supreme Court of Canada has been feverishly productive in the field of administrative law since the Fall of 2011, rendering decisions on standard of review (questions of law, jurisdictional error and labour arbitrators), the right to reasons, issue estoppel, attempts to pre-empt the administrative decision - making process, and review of municipal by - laws.
In the coming days, the Minister of Labour will appoint an arbitrator to settle disputes and impose a collective agreement.
It affirms that arbitrators should be given significant deference in how they deal with common law and equitable doctrines as long as the arbitrator is reasonably responding to the labour relations issue before them.»
In a 2009 decision of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, cited with approval by Arbitrator Knopf, the Board held that:
Human rights - related complaints often result in litigation before the Human Rights Tribunal (HRTO), the courts and labour arbitrators.
Labour Law In Québec: Business Closures United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 503 v. Wal ‑ Mart Canada Corp., 2014 SCC 45 The arbitrator's finding that «resiliation» of all employment contracts constituted a «prohibited unilateral change» is upheld and the matter referred back for disposition.
In other words, what is relevant to labour arbitrators may not be relevant to ministers, municipalities, or telecommunications regulators.
A labour arbitrator said that it was, but the Court (unanimous on this point) easily rejected that view, again without addressing either the question of the standard of review or the administrative decision - maker's reasoning (though the majority did discuss it at length on the other issue in the case, which concerned the interpretation of a collective agreement).
I have acted as mediator / arbitrator in a handful of cases, so my experience is much more limited than many of the commercial, labour and family mediator / arbitrators who spoke at the conference, but I agree with much of what they said about this problem.
He is one of the founding co-editors of the Labour Arbitration Yearbook and the Canadian Journal of Labour and Employment Law, and he is a named arbitrator in numerous collective agreements.
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David Phillip Jones is a Chartered Arbitrator, and his skill as an arbitrator in both labour and commercial matters is respected across thArbitrator, and his skill as an arbitrator in both labour and commercial matters is respected across tharbitrator in both labour and commercial matters is respected across the country.
In addition to frequent appearances before Labour Boards and Arbitrators, Doug has argued many significant cases before the Supreme Court of Ontario, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Practicing in all areas of labour law, Michael acts on behalf of both public and private sector trade unions (including construction trade unions), employees and associations before labour boards, tribunals and arbitrators.
The Court of Appeal found the arbitrator had erred in two of the four alternate grounds for judgment and declined to comment on the applicability of the open court principle to labour arbitrations, but ultimately reached the same conclusion and dismissed the appeal.
In doing so, the Court of Appeal held that PIPA is applicable because a labour arbitrator is an «organization» under s. 1 of PIPA.
At the time the doctrine of judicial deference was first developed by the Court in the late 1970s and 1980s, the courts in the labour relations area, in particular, had a poor record of interfering with the sensible development of labour relations policy by labour relations boards and arbitrators under collective bargaining statutes.
Law Society of Upper Canada: Called to the Bar in 1992 Ontario Labour Management Arbitrators Association, Member ADR Institute of Ontario, Member Canadian Bar Association ADR Section, Executive Committee Member (2014 - 2015) Ontario Bar Association, Member of Council (2010 - 2014) Ontario Bar Association Foundation, Member, Board of Directors (2014 - 2017) Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (SOAR), Board of Directors (2016 - 2017) and Advocacy and Innovation Committee (2015 - present) ADR Institute of Ontario, Professional Development Committee (2015 - 2017) Canadian Bar Association, Judicial Issues subcommittee (2017 - present)
In Re York Region District School Board and ETFO (Ross)(2014), 121 CLAS 305, Arbitrator Slotnick considered the interaction between criminal and labour arbitration proceedings.
The Court concluded that labour arbitrators are bound by the requirements of the Personal Information Protection Act («PIPA»), but that they are not required to obtain consent from grievors or witnesses to disclose personal information about those individuals in arbitral awards.
The following represents a few notable decisions made by the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and arbitrators in 2013 that are relevant to school boards in Ontario.
She represents employers in proceedings before the courts, labour arbitrators, labour relations boards and human rights tribunals.
However, it determined that an exception under s. 18 (1)(o) of PIPA applied to the requirement to obtain consent, as collection, use and disclosure without consent is «required or authorized by law» based on s. 96 of the Labour Relations Code, which requires arbitrators to file a copy of their awards with the director, who in turn is required by law to make the award «available for public inspection».
However in recent years he has served extensively as a labour arbitrator and as an arbitrator and mediator in commercial and other types of disputes.
He has been very active as an arbitrator and mediator since 1978, and has been involved in the successful settlement of major labour disputes, including Air Canada and Nav Canada.
«In his first career, as a human rights activist, university professor and labour arbitrator, Bora Laskin used the law to make Canada a better place for workers, racial and ethnic minorities, and the disadvantaged.
For example, arbitrators appointed under the Ontario Labour Relations Act have the statutory authority to make preliminary rulings, while arbitrators in New Brunswick do not.
The attainment of a position on the «list of arbitrators» from the Ministry of Labour is no guarantee of success in the marketplace.
Labour Law: Supplemental Employment Benefits Re Maternity / Parental Leave British Columbia Teachers» Federation v. British Columbia Public School Employers» Association, 2014 SCC 70 (35623) Nov. 14, 2014 Karakatsanis J. — «The Court of Appeal erred in failing to give deference to the Arbitrator's interpretation of the collective agreement and in failing to recognize the different purposes of pregnancy benefits and parental benefits.
Labour arbitrators are also not necessarily bound by rules of evidence common law, and have more discretion regarding violations of employee's privacy interests in collecting information.
To be included in Lancaster's Directory of Arbitrators an individual must demonstrate active involvement in labour arbitration in Canada as a consensually appointed neutral single arbitrator or chair of boards of arbitration.
In a recent labour arbitration award, Arbitrator Laura Trachuk upheld the dismissal of a three and one - half year employee for posting vicious, humiliating and threatening comments about a co-worker on Facebook.
In addition to appearing before the courts, we also represent our clients at hearings before arbitrators, labour boards, human rights tribunals, student appeals bodies and other internal committees.
The statutory authority often relied on in Ontario is s. 48 (12)(f) of the Labour Relations Act, which provides far broader authority to arbitrators for admissibility of evidence.
The closure, which had been announced the day an arbitrator was appointed to resolve an impasse in negotiations for a first collective agreement with the union certified for that establishment, led to a series of proceedings based on various sections of the Labour Code, CQLR, c. C ‑ 27 («Code»), and the Act respecting labour standards, CQLR, c. N ‑ 1.1 («A.L.S.&raLabour Code, CQLR, c. C ‑ 27 («Code»), and the Act respecting labour standards, CQLR, c. N ‑ 1.1 («A.L.S.&ralabour standards, CQLR, c. N ‑ 1.1 («A.L.S.»).
When arbitration was used mainly by sophisticated commercial entities (or in the labour field by unions and large companies) parties could choose qualified arbitrators based on personal knowledge and experience.
«We still pay attention to rules of law and rules of evidence and you've got to know those,» says Catherine Zuck, a labour arbitrator and mediator in Saskatoon.
Quicklaw case law now includes all deci - sions of courts and labour arbitrators reported in print since 1970 and all decisions reported in print that were decided before 1970 that have been cited in a Canadian court after 1970.
Notable mandates: Successfully represented Nor - Man Regional Health Authority at the Supreme Court of Canada in a case dealing with the principle of estoppel by a labour arbitrator; represented an intervenor in another case at the country's top court: Moore v. British Columbia (Education); acted for the private - sector partner in a $ 35 - million P3 deal for claims processing; launched an online privacy compliance forum for privacy officers.
In addition, courts, labour boards, arbitrators and human rights tribunals across Canada have referred to the CLELJ in their decisionIn addition, courts, labour boards, arbitrators and human rights tribunals across Canada have referred to the CLELJ in their decisionin their decisions.
Farris partner Alison Narod is an administrative decision - maker, hearing cases as Disciplinary Panel Chair of Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and as a tribunal member in the Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board and for a period on the list of arbitrators under BC Labour Relations Code.
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