Ravenlaw.com introduces new Resources section

As part of the new and exciting changes to our website, we are pleased to announce the introduction of the Resources section, which will include informative articles on topics in our areas of expertise, and Writing for Working People, our new blog. We hope that these new resources will provide our clients and the community with relevant and useful information about workers’ rights in all areas of labour, employment and human... Read More

Congratulations to Morgan Rowe on the publication of her book on Disability Rights

Morgan Rowe recently published a book with Professor Ravi Malhotra of the University of Ottawa Law School entitled Exploring Disability Identity and Disability Rights through Narratives: Finding a Voice of Their Own. The book examines the life stories of twelve Canadians with physical disabilities, using their narratives to explore whether an advocacy identity helps or hinders dealing with systemic barriers for disabled people in education, employment and transportation. We all congratulate... Read More

Bill 18, Strengthening employment laws: strong mandate, or rushed half-measures?

Employment legislation has a huge impact on workers’ rights. However, employment lawyers know all too well that well-meaning legislation often fails to translate into better conditions for workers, because some workers are excluded from its protection, or it is difficult to enforce. Tomorrow, the Ontario government is set to pass Bill 18, a sweeping bill intended to strengthen existing labour and employment laws. While many of the proposed changes are... Read More

James Cameron and Andrew Astritis appear as co-counsel in Supreme Court of Canada

Ravenlaw is delighted to announce that the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that pensioners at Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) are entitled to compensation for the $43 million of surplus pension contributions made to MTS prior to its privatization.  This ruling, worth well over $100 million with interest, ends a long legal battle for these workers and their unions. Congratulations to Brian Meronek, Kris Saxberg and Tomas Masi of D’Arcy... Read More

RCBY Congratulates Julia Williams

The Partners of Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck LLP/s.r.l. are pleased to announce the selection of the successful 2014 Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck Social Justice/ Human Rights Internship candidate, Julia Williams. Julia is in her second year of studies at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law and has had previous experience with a number of social justice or human rights organizations including Pro-bono Students Canada, the University of... Read More

James Cameron Speaks on High-Conflict Personalities

On March 21, 2013, James Cameron participated on a panel on persons with high-conflict personalities and how to deal with them in the workplace. People who have a pattern of creating or increasing conflict with others can be characterized as people with ‘high-conflict personalities.’ With these individuals, the issue in dispute doesn’t cause the tension; rather, the individual’s personality causes the tension. People with high conflict personalities may have underlying... Read More

FCA rules employers are obligated to accommodate family obligations

The Federal Court of Appeal unanimously upheld the decision of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal which found that Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) discriminated against Fiona Johnstone by failing to accommodate her family obligations. Ms Johnstone worked as a Border Services Officer at CBSA, requiring a fixed-shift schedule to arrange for child care. The employer refused to consider her request, given its view that it had no obligation under the... Read More

David Yazbeck to chair Labour Law Conference

David Yazbeck will co-chair the Lancaster House Ottawa Labour Law Conference, on May 16-17 at the Ottawa Conference Centre. Read More

Ravenlaw Presents a Brand New Ravenlaw.com

Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne and Yazbeck, LLP/s.r.l. takes great pride in helping working people across Canada. Doing so means we need a national presence and greater communications channels. To this end, we have created a brand new website that provides a greater level of access to our services. The new Ravenlaw.com includes: • Information about Ravenlaw and our values. • Profiles and contact details of our lawyers, staff and students. •... Read More

Andrew Raven to speak on Accommodating Family Responsibilities

Andrew Raven will speak at the Lancaster House  Ottawa Labour Law Conference, on May 15, 2003, on employers’ responsibilities to accommodate employees’ family responsibilities. There is a growing understanding that employers, unions and employees must work together to assist workers in maintaining a functional balance between work life and family life. A failure to accommodate an employee’s family care obligations may be found to be discrimination on the part of... Read More