robert weir

ROBERT WEIR
Associé
T 416.367.6248
F 416.361.7335
Toronto
[email protected]
Travail et emploi
Droit de la santé
Éducation
Ressources humaines et relations de travail
Formation / Admission au Barreau
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LLB, Dalhousie University, 1996
Robert Weir is partner in the Toronto office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. He practises
in the area of labour relations, employment law, and education law. Robert appears
before the courts and a variety of administrative tribunals, including the Human Rights
Tribunal of Ontario and the Ontario Labour Relations Board, on matters related to
unionized and non-unionized employees. Robert also appears in the Ontario Superior
Court on wrongful dismissal actions, injunction and judicial review proceedings.
BA (Hons.), University of Toronto,
1986
Ontario, 1998
Activités professionnelles
Secretary, Treasurer and President
(2010-11), Canadian Association for
the Practical Study of Law and
Education (CAPSLE)
CAPSLE Conference Chair, Toronto,
2009
Robert advises private and public sector employers in labour relations and employment
law matters generally, including employee terminations, structuring severance
packages, interest arbitrations under the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act,
employment contracts, human rights matter, and the treatment of employees in
corporate transactions.
REPRESENTATIVE WORK
Program Co-ordinator, Vice-Chair and
Chair, Ontario Bar Association,
Education Law Section

Unantenne v. Hospital for Sick Children, June 21, 2012 HRTO 1222
(HRTO).

The Scarborough Hospital v. OPSEU, Local 581, February 3, 2012 Can
LII 5405 (ON LA).
Activités communautaires

The Scarborough Hospital v. OPSEU Local 581, April 5, 2011 (Interest
Arbitration Award Under the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act).

No Frills Franchise Owners v. UFCW, Local 1000A, August 13, 2012,
OLAA (ON LA).

The Scarborough Hospital v. Ontario Nurses Association, February 2,
2010 CanLII 6546 (ON LA).

Sawyer v. Loblaws, 2011 ONSC 7251 (Ont. Supp. Ct.).
Committee Member, BLG Tower
Power Campaign (BLG's five-year
campaign to raise $500,000 for The
Hospital for Sick Children's Research
Tower)
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Author, "Defending Wrongful Dismissal Claim," Employment Law,
Solutions for the Canadian Workplace, Specialty Technical Publishers,
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2002-present.

Author and Presenter, "Just Cause for Social Media Misconduct," Human
Resources Professional Association HR Law Conference, October 2012.

Co-Author, "Ontario Wage Restraint: What every employee and employer
need to know," Hospital News, January 2011.

Presenter, The Law Society of Upper Canada, 2011 Six Minute
Employment Lawyer.

Presenter, Osgoode Hall Professional Development Conference, October
2012.

Author, "Instant Replay: Video Surveillance in Schools," 3 RMCE 37.

Frequent contributor, CAPSLE Comments, OBA Education Law
Newsletter and BLG's Labour and Employment Law and Education Law
newsletters.

Co-Author, An Educator's Guide to Safe Schools, Canada Law Book,
2004.
RANKINGS & RECOGNITIONS

​Selected by peers for inclusion in the 2016, 2015 and 2014 editions of
The Best Lawyers in Canada (Labour and Employment Law).
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