Labour Law
Dunsmore Law is committed to providing resources to promote and enhance our client’s understanding of the maze of workplace regulations, and interpretations of those regulations by judges and arbitrators. Proactive planning protects employers from making mistakes.
Collective agreements
Once an agreement is negotiated, it represents the conditions of employment for all employees. Prudent employers promptly train the managers and supervisors who are responsible to administer the terms of the agreement so they all interpret the document the same way.
Negotiations
Once a union has been certified by a Labour Board to negotiate a collective agreement, the parties must begin to bargain in good faith. We can do the bargaining or we can be part of a Policy Committee to contribute instructions to the bargainers.
Arbitrations
Part of the statutory arrangement in the collective agreement regime is that in return for the unions agreeing not to strike during the term of a collective agreement, the employer must agree that all disputes about the interpretation and application of the agreement proceed to arbitration.