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Mathias Link

Partner

Toronto 416 643.6993

mlink@heenan.ca

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Mathias Link is a partner in Heenan Blaikie’s Labour and Employment Law group. His practice focuses on representing and advising federal and provincial sector employers in employment, labour, and human rights matters.

Mathias offers practical advice to employers on a wide range of employment related issues, including performance and discipline management, employee terminations, unjust dismissal and employment standards complaints and human rights applications. He represents employers in grievance arbitrations and related proceedings before provincial and federal labour adjudicators and in wrongful dismissal and disability benefits claims related actions.

Mathias also works with his clients to provide them with strategic advice on various matters, including collective agreement interpretation and collective bargaining, company restructurings, employee and independent contractor agreements as well as drafting and reviewing workplace policies in areas such as the duty to accommodate, harassment and discrimination.

Mathias also spent a year as in-house counsel with one of North America's largest financial institutions providing legal and practical advice on matters focusing on employment law, human rights, employment contracts, privacy legislation and disability benefits claims.

Mathias has contributed to labour and employment law-related articles and papers for a number of publications and conferences, including the Ontario Bar Association’s Labour Section Newsletter, and Continuing Legal Education Conference on Employment Law, Lawyer’s Weekly, Law Times and Lexpert Magazine.

Education

LL.B., University of Victoria, 2002
B.Comm., McMaster University, 1995

Professional Affiliations

Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (CACE)
Canadian Bar Association
Ius Laboris
Ontario Bar Association
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
The Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario)

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. CAW Canada, Local 385 (Bohl Grievance), [2012] O.L.A.A. No. 606. Dismissal of grievance relating to discharge of grievor for violating last chance agreement.

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1587 v. First Student Canada,2012 CIRB 2876. Dismissal of application by union alleging that employer had committed an unfair labour practice complaint in failing to pay termination, severance and vacation pay to members of the bargaining unit in a timely fashion.

Ghany v. Federal Express Canada Ltd., (2009) 179 A.C.W.S. (3d) 808, [2009] O.J. No. 3332. Dismissal of motion seeking to add senior executives of corporation as personal defendants to an action.

Tembec Enterprises Inc. v. United Steel Workers, Local I-1000 (Harwood Grievance), [2008] O.L.A.A. No. 278, 93 C.L.A.S. 155. Decision with respect to interpretation and application of disciplinary sunset clause in current and historical collective agreements.

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 2222 v. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, [2007] OLRB Re. July/August 703. Decision and dismissal of certification application by union dealing with issue of applicability of federal and provincial labour relations legislation to federal Crown agents.

Sears Canada Inc. v. Salemi and Director of Employment Standards, [2007] O.E.S.A.D. No. 677. Successful application rescinding Employment Standards Officer’s order to pay and finding that employer did not engage in a reprisal against the respondent contrary to subsection 74(1) of the Employment Standards Act, 2000.