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Robert W. Kitchen

Borden Ladner Gervais LLPPhone(416) 367-6023
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Background

Robert Kitchen is a partner and former national leader of the Labour and Employment Group in our Toronto office.  Robert was called to the Ontario Bar in 1978.

Areas of Practice

  • Labour Relations and Employment Law

Professional Experience

  • Advises and represents employers on a full range of employment issues including labour relations, human rights and workers' compensation.
  • Advises employers on operating “union free” and provides ongoing advice to employers resisting union organizing drives.
  • Extensive experience in the negotiation of collective agreements.  He regularly presents cases before arbitrators appointed under collective agreements and regularly appears before Labour Relations Board.
  • Practice encompasses both provincially and federally regulated employers.  He regularly advises employers on the rights and obligations of employers under collective agreements.
  • Extensive experience advising employers on the labour and employment implications of complex corporate transactions.
  • Designed and presented labour relations training courses for employers covering all aspects of discipline, grievances, and grievance investigation.

Robert is recognized for his expertise in several leading legal publications, including , Best Lawyers in Canada , PLC Which Lawyer? and is described by peers in Chambers Global (2008) as “ one of the great, leading labour lawyers ” .

 Professional and Community Activities

  • Involved in many professional activities that compliment his experience in Labour and Employment.  He is involved with the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association and the Human Resource Professionals Association of Ontario.
  • Lecturer on behalf of the Law Society of Upper Canada and the Canadian Bar Association on Labour Relations, Human Rights and Worker's Compensation issues.
  • Seminar and Workshop Leader on behalf of the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario in the areas of grievance handling and collective agreement language.
  • Chairs and participates in numerous seminars on topical subjects in the field of labour relations.
  • Spoken frequently in the United States on the implications of the Employee Free Choice Act.

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