Kristin R. Taylor | Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

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Kristin R. Taylor LL.B., B.A., Partner

Kristin provides practical and strategic advice to employers on a wide range of employment matters, including employee hiring, discipline and termination; severance packages; corporate restructuring; employment agreements and personnel policies; certification applications; privacy and AODA compliance; and employment standards and human rights issues.

Kristin regularly represents employers in court in wrongful dismissal actions, restrictive covenant disputes and injunctions; in grievance arbitrations, in collective bargaining and before various administrative tribunals, including the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and labour relations boards. She also conducts supervisory development and harassment prevention training to prevent workplace disputes.

Kristin is co-chair of the Toronto Diversity and Inclusion Committee and a member of the Ontario Management Advisory Board.

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MORE ABOUT KRISTIN

As a partner with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP’s Employment & Labour Group, Kristin provides practical and strategic advice to employers on a wide range of employment matters.

Representative Work

Mon Sheong Home for the Aged v. ONA, 2011, CanLII 9350 (ON CA) – as employer nominee

Senathirajah v. State Street Bank and Trust Company Canada Branch [2012], unrep. (Abramsky)

Angoss Software Corp. v. Scott and Lattice Engines Inc., [2012], unrep. (Ont. S.C.J.)

Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, Local 914 v. Clean Harbors Canada, Inc., 2011 (Goodfellow) and 2009 CanLII 59487 (Albertyn)

Chrabalowski v. BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., 2011 ONSC 3392 (CanLII)

Strongco Inc. and National Automobile, Aerospace and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-Canada), Local Union 252 (2010), 197 L.A.C. (4th) 440 (Armstrong)

Counsel to the management shareholders of Pareto Corporation with respect to its acquisition by private equity firm The Riverside Company for $125 million by way of plan of arrangement

Cote v. Bruce Edmeades, 2010 HRTO 1803

Teamsters, Local 419 v. Clean Harbors Canada, Inc., [2010] O.L.A.A. no. 254 (Davie)

Stephens v. Bank of Montreal, [2010] C/L/A/D/ No. 210 (Marvy)

Counsel to Cascades Inc. on its $60 million acquisition of the tissue division assets of Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd.

Teamsters Local Union No. 419 v. Martin-Brower of Canada Co., 2009 CanLII 6090 (Slotnick) and 2005 CanLll 71015 (Albertyn)

Simmons Canada Inc. v. CAW-Canada Local 513, [2008] unrep. (Ont. S.C.J.)

Counsel to Bruce Edmeades Co. and Martin-Brower of Canada Co. on the $10 million acquisition of Bruce Edmeades Co. by Colabor Income Fund

Counsel to Lifetime Fitness, Inc., a publicly traded corporation (NYSE) having approximately 13,000 employees in the United States, in connection with its expansion into Canada

United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 1000A v. Power Packaging Co., [2006] O.L.A.A. No. 291 (Nairn)

United Steelworkers of America v. Genfast Manufacturing Co., [2005] O.L.A.A. No. 56 (H.D. Brown), No. 63 (Newman) and No. 722 (Kennedy) and [2004] O.L.A.A. 843 (Brandt)

Teamsters International Union v. Directors Guild, Canadian Film and Television Association, [2003] O.J. No. 5097 (Div. Ct.)

Onward Multi-Corp Inc. v. Rau, [2002] unrep. (Ont. S.C.J.)

Alfresh Beverages Canada Corp. v. Kanary and Lassonde Industries Inc., [2002] unrep. (Ont. S.C.J.)

Future Electronics Inc. v. Scarfone and Insight Canada Inc., [2000] O.J. No. 3949 (S.C.J)

Publications

"Enabling Behaviour: Ontario Mandates Business Accessibility for the Disabled", Financial Post Magazine, September 2011

"Family Obligations: The New Frontier of Accommodation Obligations in Canada", NYSBA New York International Chapter News, a publication of the New York State Bar Association, Summer 2011, Vol. 16, No. 1

"Proper Conduct of Workplace Investigation an Essential Skill", Legal Alert, February 2011

"The Disappointing Persistence of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace", Focus on Canadian Employment and Equality Rights, Vol. 9, No. 10, October 2010

Bill 168: New Duties Regarding Workplace Harassment (Part 3) - Webcast

Prior Speaking Engagements

"Workplace Investigations: A Primer for Corporate Counsel", FMC CPD Bootcamp, Toronto, November 2011

"How to Comply with the AODA Customer Service Standard", FMC Fall Employment & Labour Law Update, September 2011

"Family Status: What You Didn't Know You Have to Accommodate and How", FMC Spring Employment & Labour Law Update, May 2011

"Damage Awards: Maximizing Compensation, Minimizing Liability", Lancaster House's Human Rights and Accommodation Conference, April 2011

"How to Conduct a Bullet-Proof Workplace Harassment Investigation", HRPA Annual Conference, February 2011

"Winning Employment Practices", The Canadian Institute's Best Employers Conference, April 2010

"Senior Practitioners' Panel", HR Law Conference, HRPAO, October 2009

"Workplace Privacy Issues", Federated Press HR Compliance Conference, September 2009

"Employee and Workplace Privacy Issues", Managing Privacy Compliance Course, Federated Press, September 2009, April 2009 and April 2008 (Co-Course Leader)

“Preventing and Eliminating Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace”, The Canadian Institute’s Forum on Labour Law, May 2009

"Workplace Investigation Basics: Bright Lights and Waterboarding Not Required", FMC Employment & Labour Law Update, April 2009

“Employment Contracts: The Best Protection”, FMC Employment & Labour Law Update, April 2008

"Dodging Danger in Dismissing Disabled Employees", FMC Employment & Labour Law Update, April 2007

"Employment Law Update", Panel, Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, April 2007

“Hours of Work: The Rules, Overtime Liability in the Class Action Age", Lorman Education Services, June 2006

“How the Employer Should Document the Firing”, Practice Gems: Conduct of a Wrongful Dismissal File, The Law Society of Upper Canada, May 2006

“Accommodating Marital Status, Family Status, Religion and Gender in the Workplace”, The Employer's Duty to Accommodate, The Canadian Institute, April 2006

“Constructive Dismissal Update”, Sixth Annual Employment Law Summit, The Law Society of Upper Canada, December 2005

“Overview of the Top 10 Wage and Hour Violations”, “Employee Agreements: Hours of Work and Overtime”, “Leave of Absence Issues”, Payroll Management in Ontario, Lorman Education Services, December 2004 and December 2003 (chair)

“Superior Strategies for Employee and Employer Counsel”, Fifth Annual Employment Law Summit, The Law Society of Upper Canada, November 2004

“Employer Access To and Use of Employee Health Information - The Privacy Perspective”, Health Privacy, Insight Information Co., October 2003

“Who is a ‘Fiduciary’ and What Are Their Obligations?” HR Law Conference, HRPAO, October 2003

Contact Information

Toronto

+1 416 863 4612

kristin.taylor@fmc-law.com

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Areas of Expertise

Employment | Labour

Year of Call

1995 (Ontario); 2000 (New Brunswick)

Education

Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B., 1993 (Recipient of Administrative Law Prize)

University of Western Ontario, B.A., 1990

Languages Spoken

English

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