Edward Majewski

Litigation:

• Kitchener Frame Ltd. v. CAW-Canada, 2009 CanLII 32696; CAW v. Kitchener Frame Ltd., 2010 ONSC 3890:  co-counsel in successful defense of grievance and judicial review application regarding ‘actuarially unreduced pension benefit’ exemption to statutory severance pay
• Awan v. Loblaw Companies, 2009 HRTO 1046:  successfully defended employer and manager named as personal respondent against discrimination/harassment allegations
• UNIFOR Local 341-0 v. BASF Canada Inc. (Long Term Disability Benefits Offset), December 2014:  successfully argued employer’s interpretation of CPP benefits offset for LTD benefits
• Pizzamiglio v. J.H. Ryder Machinery, 2006 CanLII 36862 (ON LRB):  dismissal of wrongful termination case where employee accused of conflict of interest

Transactions:

• Employment counsel to Cisco Systems, Inc. in its acquisition of Embrane, Inc.
• Employment counsel to The Travelers Companies, Inc. in its acquisition of The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company from E-L Financial Corporation Limited

Education

• LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School, 1999
• B.A., University of Toronto, 1996

Admission to Practice

• Ontario, 2001

• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Employment Law Report From Canada: Office Reopenings, Remote Work, and More” – March 24, 2022
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Canada Update: Managing the Next COVID-19 Wave and Critical Developments From 2020” – January 20, 2021
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “Canada Update: Reopening Canadian Workplaces and Recent Decisions Affecting Termination and Arbitration Clauses” – August 19, 2020
• Ogletree Deakins Webinar – “COVID-19 Update for Canadian Employers – Part 2” – April 22, 2020
• Ogletree Deakins International, LLP Labour and Employment Law Briefing – “Termination Clauses Within Employment Agreements” – Toronto – May 15, 2019
• Lexpert Annual Social Media Law Conference – “Social Media and Employees – a Potentially Dangerous Mix!” – Toronto – 2011 – 2015

• August 1, 2023 – Benefits Canada – “Should Canada implement flexible working legislation for all workplaces?”
• October 15, 2015 – Strategy Online – “Employees in ads: what could go wrong?”
• May 13, 2015 – Huffington Post – “‘FHRITP’ Video: Did Hydro One Do The Right Thing By Firing Shawn Simoes?”
• June 5, 2014 – BNA – “Canadian Employers Have Freer Hand to Curb Employee Off-Hours Social Media Conduct”
• February 1, 2014 – Lexpert – “In-House Counsel and Social Media”

• Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyers (2021)
• Acritas Star (2019)