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• Class Actions
• Charter/Constitutional Law
• Construction Labour Law
• Education Law
• Employment Law and Wrongful Dismissal
• Environment Law
• Health Law
• Human Rights Law
• International Public Law
• Inquests and Public Inquiries
• Labour Law
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Pay and Employment Equity
• Pensions and Benefits
• Professional Discipline/Regulation

Class Actions

• Retirees Allowed their Day in Court - March 2004
• WHY EMPLOYEE AND RETIREE CLASS ACTIONS GET STARTED - AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY DO

Charter/Constitutional Law

• Freedom of Association in an era of Neo-Conservatism
• Eldridge v. British Columbia - Defining the Equality Rights of the Disabled under the Charter
• Employment Equity Act Charter Challenge - Ferrel et al v. Attorney General Ontario
• Equality Rights Versus Deficit Reduction: SEIU Local 204 et al. v. Attorney General (Ont.)
• Section 15 at the Trial Level - Presenting the SEIU 204 Charter Challenge
• Supreme Court of Canada Protects Consumer Leafleting by Unions
• La Cour Suprême du Canada Autorise les Syndicats à Distribuer des Pamphlets aux Consommateurs

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Construction Labour Law

• Ontario's Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2000 (Construction Industry) - "Bill 69"

Education Law

• Harris Government Legislates Mandatory Teacher Re-Certification (Bill 80)
• Harris Government Legislates on Issues of Co-Instructional Activities, Instructional Time, Class Size and Length of Teachers Collective Agreements (Bill 80)
• Not Criminally Responsible Trial of the Issue (click here to download PowerPoint Presentation) - May 2004
• Tories Legislate Qualifying Test and Regular Performance Appraisals for Teachers, Bill 110: Quality in the Classroom Act, 2001

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Employment Law and Wrongful Dismissal

• Pregnant Women have a number of ways to claim job rights, but are they effective?
  (This article originally appeared in the April 14, 2006, issue of The Lawyers Weekly published by LexisNexis Canada Inc.)
• The Annotated Executive Employment Agreement - March 2004
• Employment Standards Act, 2000 (Bill 147) Preliminary Summary of Changes
• SEVERANCE PAY AND VALUING DISABLED EMPLOYEES’ PAST CONTRIBUTIONS AND INVESTMENTS

Environment Law

• The Walkerton Inquiry: Implications for the Public Health Sector

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Health Law

• Update for Professionals Newsletter
• Enough is Enough
• An Overview of the Quality of Care Information Protection Act
• CHSMC Guide To The Local Health System Integration Act, 2005 (Bill 36)
  • Appendix A to the Guide: Summary of Government Powers
    Appendix B to the Guide: Working Guide to the Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act (Bill 136)

• Balancing Rights and Obligations Around Employee Medical Information - January 2003
• College of Teachers/College of Nurses Professional Discipline Digest
• Nurses’ Rights and Responsibilities in Coroner Cases: A Guide for Nurses

Human Rights Law

• Enforcing Human Rights: Choices and Strategies under the New Human Rights Code, February 2007
• Closing the Global Gender Pay Gap: Securing Justice for Women's Work
• Human Rights Update Newsletter
• Pregnant Women have a number of ways to claim job rights, but are they effective?
  (This article originally appeared in the April 14, 2006, issue of The Lawyers Weekly published by LexisNexis Canada Inc.)
• Achieving Pay and Employment Equity for Women - Human Rights and Business/Development Imperatives - June 2004
• Litigating Pay and Employment Equity: Strategic Uses and Limits - The Canadian Experience - June 2004
• A Triumph of Substance over Form in How Discrimination Law Treats Obesity - May 2004
• A New Approach to Workplace Discrimination
• Achieving Equality - A proposal for a new Canadian human rights enforcement system
• Balancing Rights and Obligations Around Employee Medical Information
• Canadian Compliance with Beijing Platform for Action Pay and Employment Equity Requirements
• Canadian Guide to Pregnancy or Child-Related Workplace Rights
• Canadian Labour Congress Trade Union Guide to the Federal Employment Equity Act
• Developments in Labour Arbitration: Privacy, Video Surveillance, Drug Testing and E-mails
• Eldridge v. British Columbia - Defining the Equality Rights of the Disabled under the Charter
• Employment Equity Act Charter Challenge - Ferrel et al v. Attorney General Ontario
• Equality Rights Versus Deficit Reduction: SEIU Local 204 et al. v. Attorney General (Ont.)
• Federal Employment Equity Act
• The Role of Unions in Furthering Women's Equality 
• From Principle to Reality: Enforcing Canadian Women's Right to Economic Equality
• The Future of Pay Equity Enforcement in Canada
• Guide to Challenging Disability Based Discrimination in the Workplace
• Guide to the CHRA and the Duty to Accommodate prepared for the Canadian Human Rights Commission, June 2003 (click here to download PowerPoint Presentation)
• Human Rights and Administrative Justice Going Into the Year 2000
• Imagining a New Federal Pay Equity Law: Some Lessons from the Ontario Context
• Section 15 at the Trial Level - Presenting the SEIU 204 Charter Challenge
• Securing Justice for Women Workers in Latin America:  The Role of the Inter-American Human Rights System - June 6, 2006
• Strategies for Achieving Employment Equity
• Strategies for Challenging Discriminatory Barriers to Foreign Credential Recognition
• Summary of CLC Trade Union Guide to the Federal Employment Equity Act
• Summary of Recent Federal Pay Equity Rulings: CEP et al v. Bell Canada and PSAC v. Treasury Board
• Systemic Remedies to Address Institutional Racism: Lessons Learned from McKinnon v. Ontario (Ministry of Correctional Services
• Guide Syndical du Congrès du Travail du Canada au Sujet de la Loi Sur L’équité en Matière D’emploi
• Une Nouvelle Approche à la Discrimination Professionnelle
• Redressing Gender Discrimination
• Using the Charter to Redress Gender Discrimination in Employment

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International Public Law

• Securing the Health and Safety of Vulnerable Workers April 17, 2007
• The Legal Dimensions of Empowering Women in Global Labor Markets, November 20, 2007
• Closing the Global Gender Pay Gap: Securing Justice for Women's Work
• Securing Justice for Women Workers in Latin America:  The Role of the Inter-American Human Rights System - June 6, 2006
• "World bank recognizes need for gender equality in international trade" July 15 2005, Lawyers Weekly
• Outline of Canadian Labour Administration and Judicial Organization - February 2004
• Despite State Borders:  The Evolving Importance of International Law and Institutions to Indigenous Peoples and their Public and Private Partners - April 2004
• Achieving Pay and Employment Equity for Women - Human Rights and Business/Development Imperatives - June 2004
• Litigating Pay and Employment Equity: Strategic Uses and Limits - The Canadian Experience - June 2004
• Engendering Citizenship and Labour Market Regulation - International and Canadian Perspectives
• International Justice Reform - The Guatamala Judicial Reform Project
• Canadian Compliance with Beijing Platform for Action Pay and Employment Equity Requirements
• From Principle to Reality: Enforcing Canadian Women's Right to Economic Equality
• Enforcing International Labour Standards
• Reference Guide
• Reforming Labour Law-ICTUR-Vol 11 Issue 3 2004
• Building Gender Equality into the Global Trading System

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Inquests and Public Inquiries

• Nurses’ Rights and Responsibilities in Coroner Cases: A Guide for Nurses
• The Walkerton Inquiry: Implications for the Public Health Sector

Labour Law

• CHSMC Guide To The Local Health System Integration Act, 2005 (Bill 36)
  • Appendix A to the Guide: Summary of Government Powers
• Guide to the Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act
• Bill 144 - Labour Relations Law Reforms Introduction by Liberal Government - June 2005
• Outline of Canadian Labour Administration and Judicial Organization - February 2004
• Canadian Airline Industry Restructuring and Canada Labour Code
• Developments in Labour Arbitration: Privacy, Video Surveillance, Drug Testing and E-mails
• Ontario's Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2000 (Construction Industry) - "Bill 69"
• Ontario Labour Relations Board: Recent Cases: July 1998 to August 1999
• Ontario’s The Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2000 - "Bill 139"
• Overview of BILL C-19's Amendments to the Canada Labour Code
• Review of Changes to Ontario Labour Relations Board Rules of Procedure
• Securing Gender Justice: The Challenges Facing International Labour Law October 2003
• Strikes in the Public Sector in the Second Millennium - Employee Right or Government Policy?
• Summary of Bill 136 - Public Sector Transition Stability Act, 1997
• Supreme Court of Canada Protects Consumer Lealfleting by Unions
• Tories Ominbus Bill Amends Numerous Labour Statutes
• Wal-Mart Yet Again: Mixed Ratification/Strike Votes
• La Cour Suprême du Canada Autorise les Syndicats à Distribuer des Pamphlets aux Consommateurs
• Les Grèves dans le Secteur Public du Deuxième Millénaire : Un Droit de L’employé ou une Politique Gouvernementale?
• Reference Guide
• Reforming Labour Law-ICTUR-Vol 11 Issue 3 2004
• The Business of Blame

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Occupational Health and Safety

• Securing the Health and Safety of Vulnerable Workers April 17, 2007

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Pay and Employment Equity

• CHSM&C Resource Guide to Maintaining Pay Equity
• Securing Justice for Womens' Work
• Legislative Checklist for Substantive Pay Equality and  Executive Summary: Canada’s International and Domestic Human Rights Obligations to Ensure Pay Equity
• Canadian Compliance with Beijing Platform for Action Pay and Employment Equity Requirements
• Canadian Labour Congress Trade Union Guide to the Federal Employment Equity Act
• Employment Equity Act Charter Challenge - Ferrel et al v. Attorney General Ontario
• Equality Rights Versus Deficit Reduction: SEIU Local 204 et al. v. Attorney General (Ont.)
• Federal Employment Equity Act
• From Principle to Reality: Enforcing Canadian Women's Right to Economic Equality
• The Future of Pay Equity Enforcement in Canada
• Imagining a New Federal Pay Equity Law: Some Lessons from the Ontario Context
• Pay Equity Act Restructuring Protections Where Sale of Business
• Section 15 at the Trial Level - Presenting the SEIU 204 Charter Challenge
• Strategies for Achieving Employment Equity
• Summary of CLC Trade Union Guide to the Federal Employment Equity Act
• Summary of Recent Federal Pay Equity Rulings: CEP et al v. Bell Canada and PSAC v. Treasury Board
• Guide Syndical du Congrès du Travail du Canada au Sujet de la Loi Sur L’équité en Matière D’emploi
• Redressing Gender Discrimination

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Pensions and Benefits

• Retirees Allowed their Day in Court - March 2004
• Gone But Not Forgotten - Retirees who are unhappy with their benefits and pensions have legal options. Employers should not forget this - November 2002
• Privacy Rights - Or are they privacy wrongs? The federal government’s privacy legislation and the draft Ontario legislation may be a disaster for benefits and pension plan sponsors - August 2002
• Work Accommodation - Employees with mental illness have a right to work accommodation when returning from disability leave - May 2002
• The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: Some Practical Observations - April 2002
• Expert Advice - Disability management should not be left to plan sponsors. An independent expert can verify claims and ensure healthy outcomes - February 2002
• Circle of Responsibility -Is a plan sponsor liable for the adverse side effects of drugs on their formulary? November 2001
• Ethical Dilemmas - Ethical investing is admirable. But the greater good is prudent fund investing that secures healthy retirement income - August 2001
• DC Plan Regulation - The Joint Forum of Financial Market Regulators' report on DC plans has its strengths. But its weaknesses are worrisome - June 2001
• Saving Retiree Benefits - With the spotlight on the high price of post-retirement benefits, employers are looking for quick fixes. Pre-funding is a remedy with merit - March 2001
• Understanding Monsanto - Monsanto Canada's decision to close an Ontario plant led to a partial wind-up of its pension plan. The Financial Services Tribunal has decided that a surplus distribution is not necessary - June 2000
• The Law: Decisions, Decisions - Defined contribution pensions were supposed to answer all of the problems presented by defined benefit plans. If only life were that simple - March 2000
• New Drugs and Liability - Is your drug plan a lawsuit waiting to happen? As blockbuster drugs tumble into Canada, make sure that your plan has a plan - January 2000
• Sticks and Stones: A Legal Analysis of Employer Liability for Communications to Employees About Benefit Plans, February 2000 (reprint)
• Pension & Benefits Alert

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Professional Discipline/Regulation

• Update for Professionals Newsletter
• College of Teachers/College of Nurses Professional Discipline Digest
• Harris Government Legislates Mandatory Teacher Re-Certification (Bill 80)
• Harris Government Legislates on Issues of Co-Instructional Activities, Instructional Time, Class Size and Length of Teachers Collective Agreements (Bill 80)
• Nurses’ Rights and Responsibilities in Coroner Cases: A Guide for Nurses
• Strategies for Challenging Discriminatory Barriers to Foreign Credential Recognition
• Tories Legislate Qualifying Test and Regular Performance Appraisals for Teachers, Bill 110: Quality in the Classroom Act, 2001

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