Meet our lawyers and professionals in this area
Daniel Wong
Partner
Caroline Abela
Partner
Raj Anand
Partner
Albert Formosa
Partner
W. A. Derry Millar
Counsel
N. William C. Ross
Senior Counsel
Frank Walwyn
Partner
Areas of Expertise
- Compliance
- Compliance orders
- Corporate social responsibility
- Disability claims
- Due diligence
- Employment standards
- Health and safety committees
- Human rights
- Insurance
- Internal investigations
- Prescribed hazardous materials
- WSIB and WSIAT hearings
Representative Experience
Workers compensation
- We act for major public and private corporations on their workplace safety and insurance issues involving the provincial regulator of workplace safety and workers’ benefits.
- We represented Can-Ar Coach (a major charter bus company) in a successful appeal before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Appeals Branch in establishing that the bus drivers were independent contractors and not “workers”. Can-Ar Coach/Tokmakjian, (1998) 9 Managing Claims 25.
- We acted on a significant WSIAT decision concerning limitation periods under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. Decision No. 1571/00E, [2000] O.W.S.I.A.T.D. No. 1775 (Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal).
- We represented a major drug store chain in a successful appeal before the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal that opposed the worker’s claim for lost time benefits even though the worker suffered a disablement in the course of employment. Decision No. 1347/99, [2000] O.W.S.I.A.T.D. No. 2175 (Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal).
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