Avoiding the major blockages in the trial system is the focus of the OBA 2014 Institute civil litigation program: picking the issue and streamlining your case; using discoveries efficiently; applying the rules of procedure to accelerate your case to trial; navigating the rules on «setting down» for trial; proceeding outside Toronto; learning from the leaner system
of labour arbitrations.
In 2010, Ron Pink and David Wallbridge, union - side lawyers, spoke about the future
of labour arbitration at a CBA conference and stated that there is no future
of labour arbitration:
Not exact matches
The legislature created the status
of the parties in a process founded upon a solution to
labour relations in a wholly new and statutory framework at the centre
of which stands a new forum, the contract
arbitration tribunal.
QL surpasses Westlaw in a few crucial ways (
labour arbitration cases for one), and regardless
of whether the Law schools absorb the cost (unlikely) or download it onto students (hmmm), I see problems on the horizon.
He has gained experience at the Superior Court
of Justice, the Human Rights Tribunal
of Ontario, the Ontario
Labour Relations Board, and the Canada Industrial Relations Board, in addition to numerous private
arbitrations and mediations.
We also have extensive experience in
labour arbitration on behalf
of school boards.
Michael focuses on the representation
of employers in collective bargaining, before
labour relations boards, human rights tribunals and in rights
arbitration hearings.
This amendment provides a process whereby the
Labour Relations Board can assist with settling the terms
of a first collective agreement and, if such assistance is unsuccessful, direct the matter to
arbitration.
Where there is an employee complaint regarding an alleged contravention
of the anti-reprisal provisions
of Bill 203, the Bill will allow the matter to be dealt with by
arbitration where a collective agreement is in place, or through the filing
of a complaint with the Ontario
Labour Relations Board (the «Board»).
spoke on the panel Regional Overview
of Recent Kay Caselaw in Academic
Labour Arbitrations at the 2017 Faculty Bargaining Services National Academy and Annual Conference in Toronto.
The Ontario Court
of Appeal just uploaded a speech by Chief Justice Winkler on
labour arbitration and conflict resolution, although it was initially presented at Queen's University on November 30, 2010.
He was appointed for «his contributions to reforming
labour and employment standards as one
of North America's foremost legal scholars,» including serving as a panelist in the United States / Canada Free Trade Agreement softwood lumber
arbitration in 1992.
The firm's areas
of practice include: advising the multinational and multi-jurisdictional employer; Industrial Relations Board proceedings; collective agreements and bargaining; compensation and benefits plans; construction
labour relations; employee relations; executive employment agreements and compensation; grievance arbitration; human rights and accommodation; injunctive court proceedings and judicial review; interest arbitration; Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal litig
labour relations; employee relations; executive employment agreements and compensation; grievance
arbitration; human rights and accommodation; injunctive court proceedings and judicial review; interest
arbitration;
Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal litig
Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal litigation.
David focuses on the representation
of employers in collective bargaining, before
labour relations boards, human rights tribunals and in rights and interest
arbitration hearings.
Katie has specific experience in the areas
of employment litigation,
labour rights
arbitrations, interest
arbitrations and workers» compensation.
Those
of us who
labour only on the law reform margins
of international
arbitration (Canada is updating its uniform legislation implementing the Model Law) will benefit from your explorations.
Anne provides advice and representation to both private and public sector employers on a wide range
of labour and employment issues including human rights and accommodation, grievance
arbitrations, wrongful dismissals, employment standards, and worker's compensation.
Ryan represents a wide range
of unions in grievance
arbitrations, and in matters before the Ontario
Labour Relations Board, the Human Rights Tribunal
of Ontario, the Grievance Settlement Board, as well as other administrative tribunals.
Employers with unionized employees are likely already familiar with the concept
of arbitration, as this process
of dispute resolution is generally mandatory under
labour relations legislation.
One difficulty with finding
labour arbitration decisions is a lack
of uniformity in the style
of cause; sometimes the union's name may be fully spelled out, other times it may be abbreviated, or it may be omitted altogether and the name
of the griever used.
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He has turned an
arbitration over his termination during the probationary period
of his employment in 1999 into a legal battle that apparently continues today, including allegations
of bias against members
of the BC
Labour Relations Board (which were noted as being without merit), a Statement
of Claim against the BC Attorney General (and others) which was dismissed as an abuse
of process, and the attempted swearing
of two informations against a vice chair
of the BC LRB (which the court found there was no evidence to support).
Our lawyers have extensive experience in every aspect
of labour law including grievance arbitration, Labour Relations Board applications, contract negotiation, and human rights compl
labour law including grievance
arbitration,
Labour Relations Board applications, contract negotiation, and human rights compl
Labour Relations Board applications, contract negotiation, and human rights complaints.
The union certification process would be simplified by, among other changes, the removal
of certain conditions for remedial union certification in cases
of employer misconduct, allowing greater access to first contract
arbitration, empowering the Ontario
Labour Relations Board (the «OLRB») to conduct votes outside
of the workplace and allowing unions to access employee lists and certain employee contact information once the union has twenty percent (20 %)
of employees» support.
We represent clients in proceedings before the Manitoba
Labour Board, the Canada Industrial Relations Board and boards
of arbitration under collective agreements.
We advise and represent unions and workers on all
labour relations and workplace issues at the B.C. Labour Relations Board, grievance arbitrations and mediation, collective bargaining, administrative tribunals, judicial reviews and appeals, and in all levels of
labour relations and workplace issues at the B.C.
Labour Relations Board, grievance arbitrations and mediation, collective bargaining, administrative tribunals, judicial reviews and appeals, and in all levels of
Labour Relations Board, grievance
arbitrations and mediation, collective bargaining, administrative tribunals, judicial reviews and appeals, and in all levels
of court.
He practises in all areas
of labour and employment law, where he provides advice and representation to employers in the public and private sectors on a wide range
of issues such as
labour disputes, grievance
arbitration, human rights and accommodation matters, and wrongful dismissal claims.
He was a former partner at Fraser Milner Casgrain practising in the areas
of constitutional law,
labour law, and
arbitration.
The Tribunal found that the Johnstone test, which in the 2015
labour arbitration decision Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Bharti) v. Ontario (Natural Resources and Forestry) was applied in the context
of eldercare, «imposes an unduly onerous burden on applicants» by requiring them to show that their legal responsibility for their children (or parents, in the case
of eldercare) is impacted by the impugned workplace rule.
We hold an annual seminar to provide information on the latest developments in
labour,
arbitration, human rights, pension, and Charter law, and on using the law to protect and advance the rights
of workers
Moreover, the Court adopted the view
of respected
labour law scholar Paul Weiler, namely, that «If we pull all the teeth
of a union by requiring provision
of imperative public safety services, such that any remaining strike option does not afford the union significant bargaining leverage,... the union should have access to
arbitration at its option.»
Maeve's practice encompasses all areas
of labour and employment law including grievance
arbitration, construction, worker's compensation, pay equity and human rights law.
His practice includes all areas
of administrative law, commercial and
labour arbitration, and «point
of law» litigation.
He has represented employers in a wide variety
of legal forums and, in particular, regularly appears on behalf
of employers at the Ontario
Labour Relations Board and at labour arbitr
Labour Relations Board and at
labour arbitr
labour arbitration.
He represents these clients not only at
arbitration and before the
Labour Relations Board, but in proceedings before all levels
of Court.
As a skilled and loyal advocate, Jennifer represents her clients before courts
of all jurisdictions in British Columbia and Canada as well as at
arbitration and before the
Labour Relations Board, the BC Human Rights Tribunal, the Workers» Compensation Appeal Tribunal, and the Employment Standards Tribunal.
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.
Where the union has given notice
of intent to bargain or where there is a first agreement
arbitration, Committee amendments will permit either party to request educational support in the practice
of labour relations and collective bargaining and will require the Minister or first collective agreement mediator, as applicable, to make such supports available.
Bill's practice focuses on large issue litigation and the conduct
of complex negotiations, domestically and internationally, in the following fields:
arbitration and dispute resolution; collective bargaining; education law and university governance; employment law; health law; human rights; inquests; international
labour standards;
labour relations; occupational health and safety; and privacy law.
The British Columbia Court
of Appeal (in a recent case identified as United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1518 v. Sunrise Poultry Processors Ltd.) has confirmed that there is no general right for grievors or witnesses to avoid having their names disclosed in
labour arbitration awards.
Arzinger follows high standards
of legal services and is an reliable partner in view
of its great experience in a wide range
of industries and legal practices: M&A, corporate law, real estate and construction, antitrust and competition, litigation and
arbitration, IPR, tax, banking & finance, PPP, public procurement,
labour law, regulatory, private equity / investments, capital markets and IPOs.
Mr. Hodgins has extensive experience representing a variety
of public and private sector union clients and their members in British Columbia in
arbitration, the courts, and before the
Labour Relations Board and other administrative tribunals.
Our
labour lawyers were among the first to use the Charter to attempt to advance the equality rights
of gay and lesbian employees in grievance
arbitration cases, such as Carleton University and C.U.P.E., Local 2424.
Robert advises private and public sector employers in
labour relations and employment law matters generally, including employee terminations, structuring severance packages, interest arbitrations under the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act, employment contracts, human rights matter, and the treatment of employees in corporate transac
labour relations and employment law matters generally, including employee terminations, structuring severance packages, interest
arbitrations under the Hospital
Labour Disputes Arbitration Act, employment contracts, human rights matter, and the treatment of employees in corporate transac
Labour Disputes Arbitration Act, employment contracts, human rights matter, and the treatment
of employees in corporate transactions.
Therefore, the B.C.
Labour Relations Code does not compel employers to disclose documents whose whole purpose is to assist the union to monitor provisions
of the collective agreement outside the grievance /
arbitration procedure.
We provide a broad range
of professional legal services in matters before the BC, Alberta and Federal courts, as well as before a variety
of administrative tribunals, including
labour relations boards, human rights tribunals, and
arbitration boards.
For union representatives and
labour relations professionals, this forum provides an efficient opportunity to stay abreast
of changing legislation, influential
arbitration and judicial decisions and collaborative solutions to the most pressing issues in the area
of labour relations.
Labour arbitration was introduced as part of the compromise to ensure labour stability during the life of a collective agreement, as summarized succinctly by the Supreme Court of Canada in Health Services and Support — Facilities Subsector Bargaining Association v. British Columbia, 2007 SCC 27 at paragra
Labour arbitration was introduced as part
of the compromise to ensure
labour stability during the life of a collective agreement, as summarized succinctly by the Supreme Court of Canada in Health Services and Support — Facilities Subsector Bargaining Association v. British Columbia, 2007 SCC 27 at paragra
labour stability during the life
of a collective agreement, as summarized succinctly by the Supreme Court
of Canada in Health Services and Support — Facilities Subsector Bargaining Association v. British Columbia, 2007 SCC 27 at paragraph 60:
That's one
of the questions considered in a new Ontario
labour arbitration award involving Canada Post Corp. and a 44 - year - old mobile letter carrier.
My experience
of tribunals and courts dates back to a two day
labour arbitration hearing conducted in March 2000.