Labour and Employment: Health and Safety Reporting and Investigations; Strategies for Effective Mediation of Employment Law Cases

Andrew is a full-time arbitrator and mediator with a focus on labour, employment, and administrative law matters. He is on the Ontario Minister of Labour’s roster of approved grievance arbitrators (the “section 49 list”) and the Federal Minister of Labour’s list of eligible grievance and unjust dismissal adjudicators. He is also a part-time Vice-Chair of the Ontario Public Service Grievance Board. Andrew adjudicates, mediates, and investigates workplace complaints and disputes of all kinds. On an as-needed basis, Andrew acts as the Integrity Commissioner for the Township of Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, the Town of Prescott, and Augusta Township.

Before he became a full-time neutral, Andrew practiced labour and employment law in Ottawa for over 20 years. He received his J.D. from U of T Law School in 1991, and he was called to the Ontario Bar in 1993. Andrew is a member of the Law Society of Ontario, the Canadian and Ontario Bar Associations, the Ontario Labour-Management Arbitrators’ Association, the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals, and the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario.