On March 6, 2025, Keagan Davis-Burns will be participating with her team of Queens Law students as they present to members of the Kingston Chamber of Commerce. The presentation, through Pro Bono Students Canada, will provide members of the Kingston community with free legal information on human rights and the duty to accommodate in the workplace.
For more information or to register, visit the workshop website.
Did St. Lawrence College terminate your employment? We have a dedicated team of Employment Lawyers in Kingston and Ottawa committed to answering your questions and helping you through this uncertain time. Email info@ravenlaw.com to schedule an appointment today with one of our experienced Employment Lawyers to review your termination package and ensure you get a fair deal. You can meet with us in person, by video conference or by phone.
On February 13, 2025, Andrew Astritis from RavenLaw will be presenting at the Law Society of Ontario’s continuing professional development program: The Employment Standards Act – A Primer 2025. The webcast will address key requirements of the Employment Standards Act, dealing with both essential and more complex ESA issues.
RavenLaw lawyers chaired, moderated, and presented on panels at the annual Lancaster House Labour Law Conference in Ottawa on October 17 and 18, 2024.
Wassim Garzouzi was a conference co-chair and moderated the panel on workplace harassment. Morgan Rowepresented on the “Justice Delayed is Justice Denied” panel, addressing solutions to delays and other obstacles to timely grievance arbitration. Alison McEwen moderated the panel on gender inclusivity in the workplace, which focused on ensuring the full inclusion of transgender and gender-diverse people at work.
On October 15, 2024, RavenLaw will be chairing and presenting panels at the Law Society of Ontario’s 25th Employment Law Summit. Kim Patenaude will be co-chairing the Summit, and Raphaelle Laframboise-Carignanwill be presenting a legislative update.
The Summit is dedicated to keeping lawyers and paralegals abreast of the year’s crucial judicial rulings and legislative advancements. The Summit involves legal practitioners from across the province and addresses important topics, such as mitigation, as well as developing areas, such as privacy and data retention and dismissal for off duty conduct and/or political expression.
To register and for more information, click here.
For the 2024 Fall Term, Fathima Cader has been appointed Acting Academic Co-Director at Parkdale Legal Community Services, alongside Osgoode Hall Law School’s Amar Bhatia.
Founded in 1971, the Parkdale legal clinic is one of the oldest community-based legal clinics in North America. The clinic undertakes projects and provide services based on community need and indicia of oppression, especially poverty, racism, violence, and systemic discrimination.
Did Skip the Dishes terminate your employment? We have a dedicated team of Employment Lawyers in Winnipeg, Ottawa, Kingston and Toronto ready to help. Severance packages can be confusing, which is why we’re committed to answering all of your questions and helping you through this uncertain time. Email info@ravenlaw.com to schedule an appointment today with one of our experienced Employment Lawyers to review your termination package and ensure you get a fair deal. You can meet with us in person, by video conference or by phone.
RavenLaw’s Toronto Office is open!
Our new office expands the firm’s ability to represent unions and workers in the Greater Toronto Area. RavenLaw is committed to advancing workers’ rights and progressive causes across Canada. We are now even better positioned to do just that.
The Toronto office is led by Sevda Mansour, who joins RavenLaw after a decade practicing with the largest nursing union in the country. Sevda works alongside Fathima Cader and Sarah Millman in Toronto to represent individuals and unions, across multiple sectors, in cases involving labour, employment, and human rights.
In addition, we are very pleased to announce our association with Jeffrey Sack, KC. RavenLaw has worked closely with Jeffrey over the last six years and our formal association is both exciting and long overdue.
Jeffrey is the author of a number books on labour law, including most recently Winning Cases at Grievance Arbitration, co-authored with Wassim Garzouzi. He is the recipient of the Gerard Dion Award for outstanding contributions to labour law from the Canadian Industrial Relations Association and the Bora Laskin Award from the University of Toronto.
WHERE TO FIND US
375 University Ave Suite 801
Toronto, ON M5G 2J5
T: 416.673.5680
F: 613.567.2921
E: info@ravenlaw.com
We now have offices in Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, and Winnipeg, and our lawyers practice in every province and territory in the country. We are proud to offer our services in both French and English.
Ravenlaw is pleased to announce that the Ontario Superior Court has approved the settlement agreement reached in the class action involving employees who were required to pay higher pension transfer amounts because of a change in actuarial assumptions when they transferred from the Ontario Public Service to the Canada Revenue Agency as part of the Ontario Sales Tax Administration Reform Process.
More information and links to download the settlement agreement and the Court’s order are available here.
The Court-ordered notice materials can be downloaded here.