Labour Law

The Supreme Court of Canada, in its decision on the case Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan, cited work by faculty members and also several articles that came out of a conference organized by Prof. Brian Langille at the Faculty of Law.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has published a report by graduating JD student Josh Mandryk, titled "The Case for a Stronger Fair Wage Policy in Ontario."  The research for this project was conducted under the Faculty of Law's directed research program during the Winter 2013 term.

By David Kumagai, 2L

“Crowdsourcing industries are wiping away over 100 years of labour struggles overnight,” Professor Trebor Scholz told his audience during the 2014 Grafstein Lecture in Communications.

JD student Josh Mandryk has co-authored, with labour lawyer Andrew Langille, a commentary in the Toronto Star arguing that Ontario needs to address the problem of unpaid internships ("Ontario must take urgent action on unpaid internships," November 4, 2013).

University of Toronto law students are also involved in a related initiative, the website www.payyourinterns.ca.

In a commentary published in the Toronto Star, Prof. Brian Langille and JD student Josh Mandryk analyze the Ontario Labour Relations Act reforms being proposed by the opposition Ontario Progressive Conservative party ("Ontario PC labour reforms violate core democratic principles," June 10, 2013).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

JD student Josh Mandryk has published a commentary in the Toronto Star arguing that the private member's bill C-377 now in front of the House of Commons, which would establish heavy Income Tax disclosure requirements for Trade Unions, is a punitive invasion of privacy ("Bill C-377: An invasion of privacy and attack on dissent," Oct. 18, 2012).

Read the commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.