RavenLaw Renews Sponsorship with Ottawa Folk Festival

Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck is proud to continue its sponsorship of the Ottawa Folk Festival for a third consecutive year. This year Folk Festival Participants will be able to see many fabulous acts on the RavenLaw stage.

Set amidst the natural beauty of Hog’s Back Park, the Ottawa Folk Festival is a four-day celebration of music, dance, visual arts and community featuring an eclectic mix of musical performances on two evening and five daytime stages, plus participatory music workshops, special children’s and family performances, beer gardens, artisan and craft vendors, and much more. Given our work with employees and unions in labour and human rights matters, it is a pleasure to support artists who share our passion for and commitment to social justice and equality.

News and Events

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• February 13, 2012 - Pension Surplus: Supreme Court of Canada Hears Appeal Regarding the Removal of over $28 Billion in Surplus Amounts from the Public Service, RCMP and Canadian Forces Pension Accounts

  Our firm recently presented arguments to the Supreme Court of Canada in a significant case involving the removal of the over $28 billion surplus that had built up in the federal Public Service, RCMP and Canadian Forces pension accounts.   Advancing arguments on behalf of the Public Service Alliance of Canada and a number of [...]



• February 12, 2012 - Andrew Astritis speaks at Lancaster House Audio Conference on Dishonesty in the Workplace

  Andrew Astritis recently participated as a panellist in the Lancaster House Audio Conference entitled Lying, Cheating and Stealing: What Acts of Employment Dishonesty Warrant Automatic Discharge.   The Audio Conference dealt with a wide range of issues including a review of recent case law regarding the discipline of dishonest conduct, the penalties for theft and [...]



• January 13, 2012 - 2012 Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck Human Rights/Social Justice Internship

  Our firm is renewing its partnership with the University of Ottawa and continues its commitment and funding to the Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck LLP/s.r.l. Human Rights/Social Justice Internship which provides a student with an opportunity to work full time over the summer as an intern in the areas of social justice and human rights. [...]



• November 23, 2011 - Pay Equity: Supreme Court of Canada allows PSAC’s Appeal

  Our firm recently represented the Public Service Alliance of Canada (“PSAC”) in an appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s 2005 decision to uphold PSAC’s pay equity complaint against Canada Post.   In a rare ruling from the bench, the Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Federal Court [...]



• August 9, 2011 - RavenLaw Renews Sponsorship with Ottawa Folk Festival

  Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck is proud to continue its sponsorship of the Ottawa Folk Festival for a third consecutive year. This year Folk Festival Participants will be able to see many fabulous acts on the RavenLaw stage.   Set amidst the natural beauty of Hog’s Back Park, the Ottawa Folk Festival is a four-day [...]



• February 21, 2011 - FCA Confirms Adjudicator’s Right to Enforce Settlement Agreements

  The Federal Court of Appeal recently released its decision in Amos v. Attorney General of Canada, affirming the jurisdiction of an Adjudicator appointed under the Public Service Labour Relations Act to enforce a settlement agreement entered into by the parties to an adjudicable grievance.   In allowing Andrew Amos’ appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal [...]



• February 10, 2011 - RCBY challenging Policy excluding employees with Type 1 Diabetes

  Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck LLP/s.r.l. represented Bronwyn Cruden, a Canadian International Development Agency (“CIDA”) aid worker and member of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (“PSAC”) before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.   Ms Cruden filed a complaint with the Tribunal in 2008 against CIDA and Health Canada after being denied a field posting [...]



• February 2, 2011 - RCBY wins Abuse of Authority case at Federal Court of Appeal

  The Federal Court of Appeal recently released its decision in Kane v. Attorney General of Canada, the first case before that Court involving a decision of the Public Service Staffing Tribunal. In its ruling, the Court of Appeal overturned the Tribunal’s decision, which had rejected Robert Kane’s argument that his employer had committed an abuse [...]

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