Laura Cassiani

Laura Cassiani

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Biographie

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Laura Cassiani is a partner in the Labour Relations & Employment Law Group in Miller Thomson’s Toronto office.

Laura provides both labour relations and employment law advice to a wide range of public and private sector employers on a variety of workplace issues, including human rights management and litigation, discipline and wrongful dismissal matters, workplace privacy, health and safety, and grievance management. She represents clients before administrative tribunals, arbitrators and the courts.

She is currently serving her third term as a Member-at-Large of the Ontario Bar Association’s Labour and Employment Law Executive. She frequently speaks and writes on issues of importance with respect to labour and employment law, and she is currently the editor of the Group’s provincial and national labour and employment law newsletters.

Laura joined the Group after completing her articles with Miller Thomson and upon her call to the Bar in 2005. She spent several months during her articles seconded to the Ontario Labour Relations Board, where she provided research assistance to the Board’s adjudicators and solicitors.

Prior to commencing her legal career, Laura worked as a newspaper reporter for The Hamilton Spectator and content editor for a legal publishing house. She subsequently worked as the employment and labour reporter for The Canadian HR Reporter.

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Réalisations professionnelles

Special Advisor to the Board of Directors, Macaulay Child Development Centre – 2006 to Present
Recipient, The William C. Common Award (Law Society of Upper Canada, 2005)
Recipient, The Linda Shutt Memorial Award for excellence in print reporting (Ryerson Polytechnic University, 1998)

Associations

Member, Law Society of Upper Canada
Member, Canadian Bar Association
Member, Ontario Bar Association
Member, Canadian Italian Business and Professionals Association of Toronto (CIBPA)
Member, Toronto Lawyers Association

Formation

LL.B. (Cum Laude), Faculty of Law, Common Law, University of Ottawa
Bachelor of Applied Arts, Journalism, Ryerson Polytechnic University
Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution, York University (Atkinson College)

Publications

Can Employers Ban Tattoos and Body Piercings in the Workplace?, Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi - Ontario, 1 mars 2013
Can Employers Ban Tattoos and Body Piercings in the Workplace?, Bulletin organismes de bienfaisance et à but non lucratif, Février 2013
More Freezes Coming in the Public Sector: Province Issues Draft Protecting Public Services Act, 2012, Communiqué sur la santé, 28 septembre 2012
More Freezes Coming in the Public Sector: Province Issues Draft Protecting Public Services Act, 2012, Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi - Ontario, 27 septembre 2012
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005: Will Your Organization Be Ready?, Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi - Ontario, 18 novembre 2011
Court Confirms Just Cause at Common Law Does Not Automatically Disentitle Dismissed Employee to Statutory Termination and Severance Pay, Lexology, April 7, 2011, 2011
Court Confirms Just Cause at Common Law Does Not Automatically Disentitle Dismissed Employee to Statutory Termination and Severance Pay, Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi - Ontario, April 7, 2011
Regulation Distinguishing Between "Disabilities" for Purposes of Damages not a Violation of the Charter, Bulletin assurances, December 2009
Not All Volunteers Welcome: But Organizations Must Be Aware of Human Rights Restrictions, Bulletin organismes de bienfaisance et à but non lucratif, July 2009
Ontario Human Rights regime overhauled, Parlons condo - Ontario, Spring 2009
Key Labour and Employment Law Advice for Purchasers in the Context of a ‘Sale of Business’, The Law Society of Upper Canada, 2009
The Global Workplace 101: Issues facing multinational employers, Canadian Corporate Counsel Association Magazine, 2009
Ontario Court of Appeal Adopts Restrained Approach to Wallace Damages, Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi - Ontario, May 6, 2008
Mandatory use of Safety-Engineered Needles in Ontario Hospitals Becomes Law, Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi - Ontario, September 24, 2007
Case Law Update - Ontario Health Premium: Supreme Court of Canada Rejects Employer's Leave Application, Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi - Ontario, June 28, 2007
Employee Dishonesty About Recreational Drug use not Protected Under Human Rights Legislation, Bulletin organismes de bienfaisance et à but non lucratif, April 2007
Employee Dishonesty About Recreational Drug Use Not Protected Under Human Rights Legislation, Communiqué droit du travail et de l'emploi - Ontario, March 2007