Executive Summary
As a senior associate lawyer in the Firm's Toronto office, Mark provides strategic advice and representation in all areas of management-side labour and employment law in both the private and public sectors.
Mark routinely advises management in respect of grievance arbitrations, construction labour relations, occupational health and safety, collective bargaining, human rights, and privacy. Mark commits to finding pragmatic, efficient solutions when helping employers with issues related to hiring, disciplinary action, workplace investigations, and employment terminations. Mark regularly appears before courts and tribunals in Ontario, including the Ontario Court of Justice, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.
During his time at Western Law, Mark was an executive with the Labour & Employment Law Society as well as an Associate Caseworker with London’s Community Legal Services. Mark also participated extensively in advocacy competitions, finishing as a finalist in a national moot where he competed against law schools across Canada, and where he also received an award for his written advocacy. Currently, Mark serves on the Board of Directors for University Settlement, which has the distinction of being the first community-based social service centre in the City of Toronto.
Mark completed summer and articling terms at the Firm before returning as an associate after his call to the bar.
Selected Publications, Presentations and Media Mentions
Interview with Canadian HR Reporter for Article “Constructive Dismissal: Ontario decision highlights risks of mandating return to work” (2025)
Presenter, “From Remote to Hybrid: Employer Strategies for Managing Virtual Workplaces”, FWTA Client Seminar (November 27, 2024)
Author, Changes to Federal Labour Legislation: Banning Replacement Workers and the Sustainable Jobs Act, FWTA Insight (July 10, 2024)
Author, At Long Last: New Legislative Framework for Policing in Ontario Coming into Effect April 1, 2024, FWTA Insight (March 22, 2024)
Co-Author, Canada Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: Quick Reference, Thomson Reuters (2024 Edition)
Co-Author, "Selecting the Proper Litigation Forum: Unionized and Non-Unionzed Workplaces", LexisNexis Practical Guidance (2023)
Presenter, “Employment Contracts 101: Best Practices and New Developments”, FWTA Client Seminar (September 6, 2023)
Author, Court of Appeal Narrows the Implied Right to Lay-off and Clarifies Condonation, FWTA Insight (June 5, 2023)
Author, Ontario Announces Free Naloxone Kits and Provides Additional Guidance in Advance of New OHSA Requirements, FWTA Insight (December 19, 2022)
Author, Ministry Of Labour Releases Interpretive Guidance on Electronic Monitoring Policies, FWTA Insight (July 21, 2022)
Author, Ontario Government Introduces Mandatory Minimum Certification Standards for Firefighter, FWTA Insight (May 11, 2022)
Author, Ontario Introduces Bill 88: Legislation Mandating Electronic Monitoring Policies and Workplace Naloxone Kits and Increasing Fines Under the OHSA, FWTA Insight (March 2, 2022)
Author, Ontario Human Rights Commission Issues Policy Statement on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates and Proof of Vaccine Certificates, FWTA Insight (September 30 2021)
Author, Court Finds Employee Repudiated Employment Contract after Signing ‘Strike Notice’, FWTA Insight (May 10, 2021)
Presenter, “Off-Duty Conduct: When is it an Employer’s Business?”, FWTA Client Seminar (June 24, 2021)
Interview with Canadian HR Reporter Magazine for Article “Court Clarifies Severance in M&As” (2020)
Author, CEWS Revisited: What Employers Need to Know, FWTA Insight (November 26, 2020)
Co-Author, Labour and Employment Special Report, Public Health in the Workplace, 4th Edition, Thomson Reuters (2020)
Presenter, “Managing Attendance amidst COVID-19”, October 21, 2020, FWTA Client Seminar
Author, Court of Appeal Restates the Common Law of Reasonable Notice Following a Sale of Business, FWTA Insight (August 10, 2020)
Author, New Ontario Regulation: Relief from Termination Obligations during COVID-19 Period, FWTA Insight (June 1, 2020)
Author, Ontario Government Authorizes Municipalities to Implement Reasonably Necessary Measures and Redeployment Plans in Response to COVID-19, FWTA Insight (April 17, 2020)
Author, Federal Government Sheds Light on Temporary Wage Subsidies for Small Businesses, FWTA Insight (March 24, 2020)
Author, Coronavirus: Proactive Guidance for Employers, FWTA Insight (January 2020)
Presenter, “Effective Employment Contracts”, FWTA Client Seminar (October 22, 2019)
