David Bannon appears before many courts and tribunals, including boards of arbitration, the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, employment standards referees, occupational health and safety adjudicators, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court and the Ontario Court of Justice. Mr. Bannon has been certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Labour Law. He is Chair of our Ontario occupational health and safety team.
Mr. Bannon represents management in all areas of employment and labour law. He regularly represents clients in collective bargaining, union certification matters, labour board proceedings, grievance arbitration, construction labour law proceedings, occupational health and safety matters, human rights issues and wrongful dismissal claims. He frequently acts as a spokesperson in collective bargaining and provides strategic advice to assist bargaining teams when he is not at the bargaining table. He also advises employers on employment and labour issues arising in corporate transactions.
Speaking engagements
ˇ "Structuring the Termination Package and Concluding a Settlement," Federated Press, 12th and 13th Employment Termination Course, 2008 and 2009.
ˇ "Emerging Trends in Employment Law: Just Cause, Human Rights Reform and Privilege," private client seminar, 2007.
ˇ "Termination: Best Practice and Current Case Law," 7th Annual Advanced Forum on Employment Law, The Canadian Institute, 2007.
ˇ "Impaired on the Scaffold? Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Construction Industry," 40th Annual Conference, Canadian Masonry Contractors' Association, 2007.
ˇ "Injunctions Update from Pepsi to Telus," 4th Annual Six-Minute Labour Lawyer, Law Society of Upper Canada, 2006.
ˇ "Bill 107: Amendments to the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Potential Impact on Employers," MEARIE, 2006.
ˇ "Bill 107: Amendments to the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Potential Impact on Employers," LIRAG, 2006.
ˇ "Managing Employee Terminations" (with Elisabeth Campin), Ontario Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Section, February 3, 2005.
ˇ "Bill C-45 How Have Things Changed," private client seminar, April 6, 2004.
ˇ "Conducting an Effective Workplace Investigation," Ogilvy Renault Employment and Labour Law Group client seminar, March 3, 2004.
Rankings and recognitions
ˇ The Best Lawyers in Canada, 2012 - Worker's Compensation Law
ˇ PLC Which Lawyer? Cross-border Labour and Employee Benefits Handbook
ˇ Repeatedly recommended in Workers' Compensation, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
ˇ Leading lawyer in Labour and Employment Law, PLC Which Lawyer?
ˇ BV Peer Review Rating from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
Memberships and activities
ˇ Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
ˇ Canadian Bar Association
ˇ American Bar Association
ˇ Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario
ˇ The Advocates' Society
ˇ The Toronto Board of Trade
ˇ Toronto Lawyers Association
ˇ Guest Instructor, Engineering Law Course, Labour and Employment Law Component, Civil Engineering Department, Ryerson Polytechnical University, 1997 - 1999
Related Publications
Independent contractors count towards health and safety committee threshold
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released its decision in Ontario (Labour) v. United Independent Operators Limited. This decision is important for Ontario employers that retain independent contractors, as such employers may now have to establish joint health and safety committees
14/03/2011
The criminal aspect of a breach of duty to not endanger employee health and safety
On September 27, 2010, Justice Denis Lavergne of the Court of Quebec found that a business owner was guilty of criminal negligence causing death after a backhoe he was driving fatally struck an employee.
24/02/2011
Workplace fatalities result in charges under Section 217.1 of the Criminal Code
On October 13, 2010, charges of criminal negligence were laid following an accident where a scaffold collapsed, killing four migrant workers and seriously injuring another.
27/10/2010
Employment contracts need to be given due consideration
Any valid contract, including an employment contract, requires the parties to give each other something in exchange for entering into the agreement. In legal terms, the parties must give each other
03/05/2005
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Job Reference Chill Grows Icier
David Bannon, a partner in the Employment and Labour Group, talks about employers' growing reluctance to talk about former employees and how it frustrates both those doing the hiring and those trying to get hired.
18/06/2008