From authors Tim Hadwen and David Strang comes Ontario Public Service Employment and Labour Law, 2e. This updated edition covers persons employed under the Public Service of Ontario Act in ministries and agencies, as well as Order in Council appointees, MPPs, legislative officers, and judicial officers.

The text addresses issues with the terms and conditions of employment or of an appointment, including:

• job security, discipline, salary, and pension arrangements
• ethical standards, including conflict of interest, and the role of the Integrity Commissioner
• rights under the Human Rights Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act, and Employment Standards Act
• labour relations under the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act, encompassing the right to strike, interest arbitration, essential services, comparison with the Ambulance Services Collective Bargaining Act, and successor rights, including the Public Service Labour Relations Transition Act
• the administration, jurisdiction, and jurisprudence of the Grievance Settlement Board and Public Service Grievance Board
• the overlapping jurisdiction of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, courts, and arbitrators
• the applicability of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to public servants’ advice and to labour relations records

Tim Hadwen is a retired public servant and labour lawyer. He held a range of senior management positions in the Ontario Ministries of Education, Health, Government Services, and the Attorney General. His public service responsibilities included managing the government’s involvement in broader public sector labour relations. He led the implementation of the School Boards’ Collective Bargaining Act, 2014, the merger of the staff of the Community Care Access Centres with the Local Health Integration Networks, and several compensation restraint initiatives.

Prior to joining government, Tim was General Counsel for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and Assistant Director, Arbitration at the Ontario Nurses’ Association. Formerly, he was a partner at Cavalluzzo, Hayes and Shilton, a leading union-side labour law firm.

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David Strang, BA, LLB, LLM, was called to the Bar in 1981 after articling with the union-side firm of Maclean Chercover. He began his career as Ontario coordinator and counsel with the Upholsterers International Union then moved to the Laborers International Union of America Provincial District Council as counsel and assistant manager. In 1989 he joined the Legal Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Labour. In 1993 he transferred to the Labour Practice Group seconded by the Attorney General to provide advice and represent the Crown in its role as employer of the Ontario Public Service. He has regularly represented the Crown in grievance arbitrations and other labour and employment litigation and negotiations, including those leading to AMAPCEO’s original voluntary recognition agreement and OPSEU’s Appendix 18. He frequently advised on labour and employment issues raised by proposed policy initiatives and was seconded to the Ministry of Education to advise on the development and implementation of the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act. Since retirement in 2016, he has engaged in a part-time labour and employment practice representing Crown agencies in the community health sector.

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