Noteworthy
The lawyers at Ryder Wright Holmes Bryden Nam LLP have made significant contributions to the development of union side labour law. We have published important works and been counsel on ground breaking cases.
We Won! Court of Appeal confirms that Bill 124 is unconstitutional
Mar 18, 2024
David Wright, Mae J. Nam, and Rebecca Jones are proud to have represented OPSEU/SEFPO at the Superior Court and Court of Appeal for Ontario in the Charter challenge to the […]
Ryder Wright Recognized as Top Union-Side Labour Law Firm by Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Feb 20, 2024
All of us at Ryder Wright are honoured and humbled to have been recognized by our peers in Canadian Lawyer Magazine as a Top Union-Side Labour and Employment Law Firm […]
Ontario English Catholic Teachers Assoc. v. His Majesty, 2022 ONSC 6658 (CanLII)
Dec 30, 2022
David Wright, Mae J. Nam, Robert Healey and Rebecca Jones successfully represented the Ontario Public Service Employees Union / Syndicat des employés de la function publique de l’Ontario in the […]
OPSEU & Victorian Order of Nurses, CanLII 59188 (ON LA)
Jun 23, 2022
In OPSEU & Victorian Order of Nurses, CanLII 59188 (ON LA), Christopher Bryden was successful in convincing a labour arbitrator that an employer was required to offer an enhanced early-retirement […]
Ontario Public Service Employees Union v Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, 2016 CanLII 82603 (ON LRB)
Jun 23, 2022
Christopher Bryden successfully convinced the Ontario Labour Relations Board that an employer had committed an unfair labour practice when it failed to maintain a travel allowance that employees were entitled […]
Scarborough and Rouge Hospital v OPSEU, 2022 CanLII 46800 (ON LRB),
Jun 23, 2022
Christopher Bryden has convinced arbitrators, the Divisional Court and the Ontario Labour Relations Board that Physician Assistants are and should be properly included in standard hospital paramedical bargaining units:
Ontario Public Service Employees Union v. The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services), 2019 ONSC 2952 (CanLII)
Jun 23, 2022
Christopher Bryden successfully convinced the Divisional Court to overturn a Grievance Settlement Board (GSB) decision in which that GSB held that it had no jurisdiction to award monetary damages to […]
Ontario Public Service Employees Union v Lifelabs LP
Jun 23, 2022
Christopher Bryden successfully argued before the Ontario Labour Relations Board that an employer had committed an unfair labour practice by withholding prescheduled annual salary increases to employees who had recently […]
OPSEU (Plouffe) and Ministry of Solicitor General
Jun 21, 2022
Ed Holmes was Counsel for OPSEU. The Arbitrator determined that the Ministry through its management employees dealt with the Grievor “in a contumacious and continuous abrogation of its duty of […]
City of Hamilton v The Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 5167 (Bellevance)
Jun 21, 2022
Ed Holmes was Counsel for CUPE 5167. The Arbitrator determined that medical evidence obtained subsequent to the termination of the employee which shed light on the appropriateness or reasonableness of […]
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Grievor) v Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services)
Jun 21, 2022
Christopher Bryden was successful in obtaining a remedy of $35,000 as general damages for an employee at grievance arbitration after establishing that the her employer had repeatedly asked her for […]
Regional Municipality of Peel (Peel Regional Paramedic Services) v Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local 277, (Reed)
Jun 21, 2022
In this leading case, Mae J. Nam successfully argued that the employer discriminated against an employee when it terminated him after the employee had been on sick leave for more […]