Interest arbitrator awards Ontario doctors 6.95% catch-up and 3.0% normative increase for 2024–2025 in light of inflation and the repeal of public sector wage cap legislation

2025-03-17T10:30:56-04:002025, Ontario, Priority Alert|

In the context of provincial physician shortages, particularly in underserved communities, an interest arbitrator awarded Ontario doctors a 9.95% compensation increase for the first year (2024–2025) of the Physician Services Agreement between the Province of Ontario and the Ontario Medical Association. The arbitrator allocated 6.95% of this increase for non-retroactive catch-up, to address significant inflation and to compensate for the impact of the now-invalidated Bill 124 restricting compensation increases in the parties' previous negotiations, while the remaining 3% was designated as a normative increase, matching the amount awarded to other healthcare unions in the hospital sector for the same period.

Announcing program faculty: 2023 Labour Relations Certificate

2023-09-15T13:04:11-04:002023, Ontario, Professional Learning Programs|

Fall 2023 Lancaster–Toronto Metropolitan University Labour Relations Certificate Program: Announcing program faculty Program Faculty Bruce Curran, Associate Professor, Faculty of [...]

Announcing Panel titles for Lancaster’s 2023 Ottawa Labour Law Conference

2023-08-03T16:25:04-04:002023, Conference, Discount, Labour Law, Ontario|

Lancaster House is pleased to announce our Ottawa Labour Law Conference, November 1 – 3, 2023. Register by Thursday, August 31, 2023 [...]

Lawyers owe a duty of care to client, not complainant, when retained by employer to investigate harassment complaint, judge rules, rejecting allegations of negligence

2023-04-28T14:56:22-04:00Ontario, Workplace Investigations|

A court dismissed a complainant's claim against a lawyer retained by her employer to act as a workplace investigator into her harassment complaint. The complainant had alleged that the lawyer had conducted a poor investigation that ultimately led to the complainant's dismissal.

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