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.

Click here to register and for more information.

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.

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.

Ravenlaw a le plaisir d’annoncer que la Cour supérieure de l’Ontario a approuvé l’entente de règlement conclue dans le cadre du recours collectif impliquant des employés qui ont dû payer des montants de transfert de pension plus élevés en raison d’un changement dans les hypothèses actuarielles lorsqu’ils ont été transférés de la fonction publique de l’Ontario à l’Agence du revenu du Canada dans le cadre du processus de réforme de l’administration de la taxe de vente de l’Ontario.

Plus d’informations et des liens pour télécharger l’accord de règlement et l’ordonnance de la Cour sont disponibles ici.

Les documents de notification ordonnés par la Cour peuvent être téléchargés ici.

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!