Glen Chochla
Glen Chochla has worked for over 30 years on behalf of both unions and non-union employees across the country in both French and English. His practice encompasses labour, employment and human rights law.
He has built a reputation for advocating relentlessly to advance the human rights claims of women and disabled workers, commencing in 1993 when he won reinstatement and back pay for an injured health care worker fired because of her disability. [1]
He has represented countless men and women in their struggle to become unionized and at the bargaining table in negotiations for first collective agreements. In 1997, he won an important labour board victory for female workers in their successful fight for a first contract at a private medical clinic [2] – one of the first collective agreements of its kind in Canada.
Mr. Chochla has represented almost every occupation across Canada, from firefighters in Saskatchewan [3] and construction workers in Ontario [4[a] [b] [c]] to federal food inspection workers in Québec [5] as well as workers at the Musée des beaux-arts du Canada in Ottawa [6] and the Commission des champs de bataille nationaux in Québec City. [7] He has also represented provincial Crown attorneys in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. In 2008, he won a key interest arbitration award and significant salary increases for the Nova Scotia Crown Attorneys’ Association. [8] In a 2013 human rights case, he won a damages award for a construction employee threatened by his supervisor with physical violence. [9]
Mr. Chochla represents both unionized and non-union disabled workers fighting for disability benefits and reinstatement to their workplaces, and clients with individual employment or union labour relations law issues, including collective bargaining.
He has built a reputation for advocating relentlessly to advance the human rights claims of women and disabled workers, commencing in 1993 when he won reinstatement and back pay for an injured health care worker fired because of her disability. [1]
He has represented countless men and women in their struggle to become unionized and at the bargaining table in negotiations for first collective agreements. In 1997, he won an important labour board victory for female workers in their successful fight for a first contract at a private medical clinic [2] – one of the first collective agreements of its kind in Canada.
Mr. Chochla has represented almost every occupation across Canada, from firefighters in Saskatchewan [3] and construction workers in Ontario [4[a] [b] [c]] to federal food inspection workers in Québec [5] as well as workers at the Musée des beaux-arts du Canada in Ottawa [6] and the Commission des champs de bataille nationaux in Québec City. [7] He has also represented provincial Crown attorneys in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. In 2008, he won a key interest arbitration award and significant salary increases for the Nova Scotia Crown Attorneys’ Association. [8] In a 2013 human rights case, he won a damages award for a construction employee threatened by his supervisor with physical violence. [9]
Mr. Chochla represents both unionized and non-union disabled workers fighting for disability benefits and reinstatement to their workplaces, and clients with individual employment or union labour relations law issues, including collective bargaining.
Professional Associations:
Law Society of Ontario
Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers
Association des juristes de l'expression française de l'Ontario
Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers
Association des juristes de l'expression française de l'Ontario
Key Cases: |
1. Beacon Hill Lodges (1993), 30 C.LA.S. 226 (Mikus) 2. Fort William Clinic, [1997] OLRB Rep. May/June 406 3. Saskatoon (City) (Re) (2004), 132 L.A.C. (4th) 367 (Hood) 4. a. Zzen Group of Companies Ltd. (2013), 224 C.L.R.B.R. (2d) 193; b. Cloke-Kirby Construction Limited, 2014 CanLII 38597 (ON LRB); c. Cloke-Kirby Construction, 2014 CanLII 55209 (ON LRB) 5. Brisson et Dubeau c. Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments, 2005 CRTFP 38 6. Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, [2005] D.A.T.C. no 15 (Marcheterre) 7. Commission des champs de bataille nationaux, le 27 février 2006 (Fortier) 8. The Province of Nova Scotia, January 18, 2008 (J. A. MacLellan) 9. Pro-Cut Concrete Cutting Ltd., [2013] O.L.R.D. No. 887 |
