On October 17, 2024, Dayna Steinfeld will be speaking at a Community Legal Education Association webinar on employer responsibilities when employees experience domestic violence or intimate partner violence.

The webinar is part of CLEA’s Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Project. The webinar is hosted by the Manitoba Federation of Labour, which has been strongly advocating in the area of Manitoba’s interpersonal violence leave under The Employment Standards Code. Dayna’s talk will explore issues of workplace accommodations and steps that can be taken by employers to address barriers to equal opportunities for employees experiencing domestic violence.

Registration is free and open to all. 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.

RavenLaw lawyers presented on panels at the annual Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers conference in Quebec City during the week of June 6, 2024. Morgan Rowe moderated and presented on the “Reimagining Workplaces for Workers with Disabilities” panel, Julia Williams spoke on a panel on free expression in the workplace, Fathima Cader was a panelist for the “AI, Algorithms, and Work – What Labour Lawyers Need to Know” session, Dayna Steinfeld moderated and Andrew Astritisspoke on “The Status of Family Status Discrimination” panel, Wassim Garzouzi spoke on the “Interest Arbitration: A Strategic Toolkit” panel, and Sevda Mansour coordinated several panels across the entire conference.

We thank all the union lawyers from across the country who joined us for these sessions and for the conference!

On May 30, 2024, Morgan Rowe will present as part of the County of Carleton Law Association’s Equity Conference. Morgan will appear on a panel discussing approaches to interventions, specifically in the Supreme Court context, on behalf of equity seeking/equity denied groups. The panel will discuss the special considerations involved in providing intervener representation to these groups, as well as practical advice for potential interveners.

For more information or to registry, visit the conference website.

RavenLaw is pleased to announce that a settlement has been reached in a class action involving employees who were required to pay higher 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.

A notice approved by the Court, describing the next steps in the process, is available below. If you are affected by this class action, you should be contacted individually by the Pension Centre with the materials linked below. If you do not receive materials from the Pension Centre by May 15, 2024, and believe that you are a member of this class, please contact pensiontransferclassaction@ravenlaw.com.

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April 1, 2024

On April 11, 2024, Jessica Greenwood will be presenting at the Law Society of Ontario’s upcoming Eight-Minute Labour Lawyer event. Jessica will be discussing damages awards that labour lawyers should be aware of and will review recent decisions from the OLRB, HRTO and labour arbitrations which offer insight into the amount of damages that may be awarded in successful harassment, discrimination, and reprisal complaints.

For more information or to registry, visit the event website.