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JAMES FU
Avocat salarié
T 416.367.6513
F 416.361.7355
Toronto
[email protected]
http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/jam
es-fu/42/745/917
Travail et emploi
Régimes de retraite et avantages sociaux
Éducation
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB, University of Ottawa, 2010
James Fu is an associate in the Toronto office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. His
practice focuses on labour and employment law and pension and benefits law. James' labour and employment practice includes advising employers and executive level
employees on employment terminations, employment contracts, pension and benefits entitlements, independent contractor arrangements and human rights matters including
both litigation and corporate transaction settings.
BA (Hons.) in Ethics, Society, and
Law, and International Relations,
University of Toronto, 2007
Ontario, 2011
Activités professionnelles
Member, Ontario Bar Association
(Member of Pension and Benefits
Section, Labour and Employment Law
Section, and Young Lawyers Division
Section and on the Executive of the
Ontario Bar Association Pension and
Benefits Section)
James' pension and benefits practice includes advising plan administrators and
employers on a broad range of matters, including pension and benefits plan set-ups
and establishing retirement income plans in corporate transactions.
James has various appearances before Ontario courts and tribunals on a number of
matters, including wrongful dismissal actions and human rights complaints. REPRESENTATIVE WORK
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Advises private and public sector employers on managing the employment
relationship, including post-employment such as wrongful dismissal actions
and human rights applications.
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Advises on employment, labour and benefits law aspects in private and public
company purchase and sale transactions.
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Advises private and public sector employers on compliance with employment
standards requirements and legislative developments, including Occupational
Health and Safety Act requirements relating to workplace harassment and
violence and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
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Advises private and public sector employers on union-related issues such as
union certification drives, interpreting collective agreements, and responding to labour grievance proceedings.
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Advises plan sponsors on plan mergers and plan amendments, and in
transfers of plan assets and liabilities with respect to pensions and benefits
arrangements.
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Portfolio Management
Association of Canada’s Industry
Regulation and Tax Committee
Activités communautaires
Volunteer, BLG Reads to Kids
Program
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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Publications:
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Author, "Are Employees on Strike or Lockout Entitled to Holiday Pay,"
Thomson Reuters Legal Alert, July 2015.
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Author, "Ontario Court Again Confirms Its Authority to Award Human Rights
Damages," BLG Labour and Employment Alert, July 2015 (with Kate Deacon).
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Author, "The Evolution Of Pension and Benefits Law," Benefits and Pensions
Monitor, June 2015.
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Author, "Reminder of New Ontario Employment Requirements Effective May
20, 2015," BLG Labour and Employment Alert, May 2015.

Author, "Ontario Seeks Input on Reform of Key Labour and Employment
Legislation," BLG Labour and Employment Alert, May 2015.
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Author, "Class Action Warning for Employers to Check Overtime Policies and
Practices," BLG Labour and Employment Law Alert, February 2015.
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Author, "Ontario Outlines and Seeks Feedback on the New Ontario Retirement
Pension Plan," BLG's Labour & Employment Law Newsletter, Winter 2015.
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Author, "New Workplace Obligations for Employers," Carswell Legal Alert,
January 2015.
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Author, "Ontario Employers Take Notice - Bill 18 Receives Royal Assent, BLG
Labour and Employment Law Alert, November 2014.
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Quoted, "5 Pension Trends to Watch," Benefits Canada, November 2014.
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Author, "New Obligations Arriving for Ontario Employers – Is Your Company
Ready?,"BLG Labour and Employment Law Alert, November 2014.
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Author, "Family Responsibilities Discrimination," Bloomberg BNA, November
2014.
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Author, "Termination Pay and Permanently Disabled Unionized Employees,"
Thomson Reuters Legal Alert, July 2014.
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Author, "CAPSA Provides Additional Guidance Regarding Defined Contribution
Plans," BLG Pensions Alert, April 2014.
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Author, "Consequences for Breaching Confidentiality Clauses," Thomson
Reuters Legal Alert, December 2013.
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Author, "Ontario Government Proposes New Concussions Legislation,"
Principal Connections, Fall 2012.
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Author, "Tribunal Clarifies Approach to Section 45.1 Objections," Carswell
Legal Alert, July 2012.
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Author, "Decision-Makers Punish Employers for Egregious Conduct," BLG's
Labour & Employment Law Newsletter, Fall 2012.
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Author, "Ontario Government Proposes New Concussions Legislation," BLG's
Education Law Newsletter, Fall 2012; "Discharge Of Teacher Under TPA
System Upheld By Arbitrator," Spring 2012; and "Supporting Students' Mental
Health," Spring 2011.
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Author, "Ontario Proclaims July 1 for PBA Amendments to Come Into Force,"
BLG Pension Alert, June 2012, and "Grow-in Opt-Out for MEPPs and JSPPs,"
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June 2012.
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Author, "Defined Benefit Plan Sponsors Given Guidance on Pension Plan
Funding Policies," BLG Pension Law Alert, December 2011.
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Author, "Pension Plan Administrators Given Guidance on Prudent Investment
Practices," BLG Pension Law Alert, November 2011.
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Author, "The Shrinking Workplace: 'Alternative' Work Arrangements and the
Law," BLG Labour and Employment Symposium, November 2011.
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Contributor, " 'I'm Being Sued For What?!' – Deconstructing the Different
Damages in an Employee's Statement of Claim," BLG Labour and Employment
Symposium, November 2010.
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Author, "After Hours Access to Employees has a Price - Too Much Contact with Employees on PDAs Could Lead to Overtime Claims," Canadian
Employment Law Today, September 2009.
Presentations:
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Speaker, "Employment Law Update," BLG In-House Counsel Conference,
February, 2015.
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Speaker, "Pension and Benefits Developments and Trends," 17th Annual Labour and Employment Law Symposium, November 2014.
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Speaker, "Labour and Employment Law Overview," OHA Seminar, November
2014.
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Speaker, "Labour and Employment Law Overview," OHA Seminar, May 2014.
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Speaker, "Pension and Benefits Developments and Trends," 16th Annual
Labour and Employment Law Symposium, November 2013.
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