Stir the Sleeping Giant: Remedial Certification Rears its Head in 2010! – Jeff Murray & Kelly McDermott

Jeff Murray discusses a recent Alberta Court of Queens Bench decision that overturned an arbitration panel’s finding that Suncor’s random…

In OPSEU v. Ontario et. al., Ontario’s Divisional Court recently upheld an arbitrator’s ruling to dismiss 22 (grouped) grievances over fault-based…

Although the final report from The Changing Workplaces Review is not expected until later this year, the Ontario New Democratic Party (“NDP”)…

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.  Not since H1N1 and SARS before that, have employers faced…

In a decision that will come as little surprise to many labour practitioners, on both sides on the union-management spectrum,…

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Walmart violated the statutory freeze in Québec’s labour legislation when it closed a store…

Jeremy Schwartz compares the results of two termination grievances arising out of racist and misogynistic tweets.

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision serves to remind employers that the presumption of provincial jurisdiction over labour relations…

Jeff Murray discusses the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision concerning the closure of a Wal-Mart store after it unionized.

Ryan Conlin and Jeremy Schwartz discuss Bill 146 and the potential impact on employers.

The “day of application” test has been utilized by the Ontario Labour Relations Board (“Board”) in construction industry certification applications…

For years the term “Right to Work” state has been synonymous with jurisdictions in the American South, where unions have…

The law has become increasingly sensitive to the need for the protection of personal information from public disclosure.  This is…

Ryan Conlin of Stringer LLP discusses recent jurisprudence concerning random drug and alcohol testing in Canada (post-Irving).

Jeff Murray discussed recent labour arbitration decisions pertaining to employee vices.