JMA News
The latest news, events, and
successes within our community
Pay Equity Obligations
In Peel (Regional Municipality) v CUPE, Local 966, (2023)354 L.A.C. (4th), the Union sought a preliminary order directing the Employer to disclose gender incumbency data. The Employer had ...
Landmark HRTO Ruling
In L.N. v Ray Daniel Salon & Spa, 2024 HRTO 179 (CanLII), the Tribunal dealt with an application alleging discrimination in employment based on sex, sexual harassment, sexual solicitations or ...
Fighting to ensure union members receive their full entitlement to LTD Benefits
Randy Slepchik successfully represented CUPE 503 in an “LTD Offset” policy grievance filed against the City of Ottawa. The Union grieved that the Employer was improperly counting time spent by ...
Jurisdiction win
Dina Mashayekhi defeated a preliminary motion brought by Carleton University when it tried to argue that Arbitrator Kevin Burkett had no jurisdiction to make a determination about a salary ...
Charter Challenge Victory!
Samantha Lamb and Dina Mashayekhi represented the Carleton University Academic Staff Association in Superior Court in a successful challenge to Bill 124, the Provincial Government’s wage ...
Lancaster House Webinar “The Latest in Worker’s Compensation”
On Thursday, October 26th John McLuckie will be one of the moderators for the Lancaster House Panel discussion addressing trends and changes to worker’s compensation law.
Welcome, Samarah!
Jewitt McLuckie is proud to announce that University of Ottawa Law Student Samarah Arafat will be joining us for the 2021-2022 articling term. Samarah’s background includes research into ...
Ontario ban on monocular commercial drivers ruled arbitrary and unconstitutional
A bus driver from Oakville, Ontario has recently won a workplace discrimination case against the province. Ms. Di Cienzo is a cancer survivor who lost her right eye due to the disease. Ms. Di ...
Socially distant, legally active
UPDATE: Dear friends and clients, In an effort to minimize community spread of the COVID-19 virus in Ottawa, the partners have made the decision to close our office, but we continue to provide ...