Articles

Ms. Ray Ellis’ published works

• "Court Examines ‘Prospective Disobedience’ by Employees", The Lawyers Weekly, (July.2010)
• "Visually Impaired Paramedic loses Accommodation Fight", The Lawyers Weekly, (March.2010)
• "Interpretation of Rights Code Disappoints Employees", The Lawyers Weekly, (Sept. 2009)
• "Year in Review" for Employment Law in The Lawyers Weekly, (Dec. 2008)
• "Employers Face New Frontiers of Litigation", The Lawyers Weekly, (Sept. 2008)
• Published paper on the topic of E-documents and avoiding ESI traps in the workplace at The Canadian Institute’s 3rd Annual Forum, E-Document Management & Discovery, (Mar. 2008)
• "Year in Review" for Employment Law in The Lawyers Weekly, (Dec. 2007)
• Published paper on the topic of the interplay between disability and dismissal for the Law Society of Upper Canada, 8th Annual Employment Law Summit, (Nov. 2007)
• "Year in Review" for Employment Law in The Lawyers Weekly, (Dec. 2006)
• "Sexual Assault and Harassment Claims Found Indistinguishable for Jurisdiction Dispute", The Lawyers Weekly, (Sept. 2006)
• "What is an Employer's Liquor Liability at Social Events Post-Childs?", The Lawyers Weekly, (Jul. 2006)
• "When a Claim for Wallace Damages Fail", The Lawyers Weekly, (May 2006)
• "Charge for Child Pornography Possession Held to be Just Cause", The Lawyers Weekly, (Mar. 2006)
• "Year in Review" for Employment Law in The Lawyers Weekly, (Dec. 2005)
• "Office Romance: A Bad Idea Just Got Worse", Lawyers Weekly, (Nov. 2005)
• Published article in Lawyers.com on the topic of Workplace Safety Hazards, (May 2005)
• Published article in Lawyers.com on the topic of Employment Insurance Benefits, (May 2005)
• Published article summarizing decisions for the "Year in Review" for Employment Law in The Lawyers Weekly, (Dec. 2004)
• "The Roof Falls in on SkyDome's Insurers", The Lawyers Weekly, (Jul. 2004)
• "Court May [sic] Not Hear Civil Action When Human Rights Pending", The Lawyers Weekly, (May 2004)
• "Ontario Court of Appeal Puts Limits on Jobs for Life", The Lawyers Weekly, (Oct. 2003)
• "EI Eligibility Rules not Discriminatory: Fed. C.A.", The Lawyers Weekly, (Feb. 2003)
• "Out-of-Office Behaviour Constitutes Workplace Sexual Harassment", The Lawyers Weekly, (Aug. 2002)
• "Ontario Amends its Employment Standards Act", The Lawyers Weekly, (Oct. 2001)
• "Extended Leave for Breast-Feeding: A New Reality", The Lawyers Weekly, (May 2001)
• "Pregnancy, Parental Leave Extended", The Lawyers Weekly, (Feb. 2001)
• "Law Protects Privacy of Employee Information", Canadian HR Reporter, (Dec. 2000)
• "Ontario Plans Employment Standards Act Changes", The Lawyers Weekly, (Sept. 2000)
• "Illegal Activity", Canadian HR Reporter, (Sept. 2000)
• "Personal Data Act will Affect Employers" on the topic of Privacy Legislation (Bill C- 54), The Lawyers Weekly, (Oct. 1999)
• "No Escaping Pay Equity Awards", The Lawyers Weekly, (Apr. 1999)
• "The International Rights of the Child: Where are the Remedies?", The Canadian International Lawyer, (Dec. 1998)
• "Workers Compensation in Ontario has a Whole New Look", The Lawyers Weekly, (Apr. 1998)
• "U.S. Drug-Testing Laws Affect Canadian Business", The Lawyers Weekly, (Oct. 1997)
• “Religious Accommodation in Canada”, Employment and Labour Law Reporter, (Sept. 1997)
• “Employees Can Steal Unless Employers Provide Correct Notice”, Employment and Labour Law Reporter, (Aug. 1997)
• “Employment Standards Adjudicators Ousted”, Employment and Labour Law Reporter, (Jul. 1997)
• “Alcohol and Drug Testing in Canada: Defining the Reasonable Limits”, Employment and Labour Law Reporter, (Jun. 1997)
• “The Need for Systemic Labour Law Reform in Ontario: The ABC Task Force Tables its Report”, Employment and Labour Law Reporter, (Apr. 1997)
• “Recent Developments in Same-Sex Spousal Benefits: A Dichotomy Between Survivor Pension Benefits and Other Employment Benefits”, Employment and Labour Law Reporter, (Dec. 1996)
• Panel Chaired the International Employment and Labor Law Symposium, at the Congress of Fellows International School of Legal Studies, on the topic of privacy rules, Salzburg, (Oct. 2009)
• Moderated and presented “The Human Resources Department as Client: What Every General Counsel Not Practicing Employment Law Needs to Know” at the Insight 3rd Annual In-House Counsel Forum, (Feb. 2009)
• Presented at the American Bar Association, International Law Continuing Legal Education Conference on Recent Developments in International Labor and Employment Law on the topic of International Labor and Employment Law, Rome, (Nov. 2008)
• Key note speaker for the Developments in Literacy, 2008 Gala, (Oct. 2008)
• Presented at a world conference at the Center for International Legal Studies Conference on Lawyering in the International Market, on the topic of New Developments in Labour and Employment Law and International Human Rights, South Africa, (May 2008)
• Presented “Recent Development in Employment Law” at The Federated Press Conference, Employer’s Duty to Accommodate, (Jan. 2008)
• Participated at the HR Law Conference on the Senior Practitioners Round Table for “Ask your Questions to the Experts”, (Oct. 2007)
• Presented on the topic of workplace harassment at the 2007 Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures, Special Lectures 2007: Employment Law, (Apr. 2007)
• Presented on the topic of accommodation at the Osgoode Hall Law School Professional Development conference, Employment Law 2007, (Apr. 2007)
• Presented "Update on the Air India Inquiry", at the 8th Annual Aviation Conference, Toronto, (Feb. 2007)
• Made submissions to the Parliamentary Subcommittee on the Status of Women regarding parental benefits for self- employed workers, Ottawa, (Jun. 2005)
• Presented "Accommodating Parental Obligations after Campbell River", at the Law Society of Upper Canada conference, The Six Minute Lawyer, Toronto, (Jun. 2005)
• Represented Canada at a world conference on the topic of Business and Investment Opportunities for Women, Geneva (2004)
• Represented Canada on behalf of Women Entrepreneurs of Canada in a Roundtable discussion held by Club for Women Entrepreneurs Switzerland, together with EAGLE and CREATE Alumni, entitled Business Angel, Geneva, ( Apr. 2004)
• Co-represented Canada at a world conference at the International School of Legal Studies. Moderated on the topic of Terrorism, Its Impact on the Law, Commerce and Human Rights, Salzburg (2003)
• Presented "Structuring the Termination Package and Concluding a Settlement", at the Federated Press conference, 6th Annual Employment Terminations Summit, Toronto, (Sept. 2003)
• Co-represented Canada at a world conference at the Congress of Fellows International School of Legal Studies. Moderated on the topic of Terrorism, Its Impact on the Law, Commerce and Human Rights, Salzburg, (May 2003)
• Participated in a Roundtable discussion held by The Conference Board of Canada with other business leaders entitled Visible Minorities Roundtable on Leadership, (Apr. 2003)
• Co-represented Canada at an international meeting of business women, Mexico City (2002)
• Presented "The Federal and Ontario Legislation, What Does it Mean for You?" on Privacy at Human Resource Professionals Association of Ontario conference, Employment Law, Toronto, (Mar. 2002)
• Co-represented Canada at an international meeting of business women at the 49th FCEM World Congress, Mexico City, (Jan. 2002)
• Presented seminar entitled "Preventing Human Rights Claims in the Workplace" for several multinational corporations at Paterson, MacDougall LLP, Toronto, (Nov. 2001)
• Made submissions to the Ministry of Citizenship on legislative amendments to the Ontario Human Rights Code, (Oct. 2001)
• Presented "Employment Law and Legal Services" at Markville Secondary School, Toronto, (Oct. 2001)
• Presented “The New Privacy Legislation: The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (‘PIPEDA’)”, at Ontario Bar Association conference, Operation Update 2001, Toronto, (Sept. 2001)
• Presented "Privacy and Bill C-6-What Does It Mean For You", at Infonex conference, Privacy in the Workplace, Toronto, (Jun. 2001)
• Presented "Dismissal Cases Year 2000 Review", at Federated Press conference Employment Termination In the Changing Workplace - Best Practices For Managing Harassment-Related Discipline & Terminations, Toronto, (Jan. 2001)
• Presented "Recent Developments in Employment Law" at the Ernst & Young conference, Y2K:New Challenges Facing Human Resources Manager, Toronto, (Jan. 2001)
• Presented "Employment and Labour Issues for GEMS Practice" at Ernst & Young National conference, Toronto, (Jan. 2001)
• Presented "Key Differences between Canadian and American Employment Law", at the Ernst & Young conference for North American Expatriate Services, San Antonio, (Nov. 2000)
• Presented "Bill 5 – Same-Sex Legislation", at the Canada Law Books conference, 2nd Annual Labour Law Congress, Toronto, (Oct. 1999)
• Presented "Creating a Harassment Free Workplace", at the conference on Management for Strategic Diversity, Toronto, (Apr. 1999)
• Presented "Fiduciary Duties in Employment Law", at the Law Society of Upper Canada conference, The Six Minute Lawyer, Toronto, (Apr. 1999)
• Presented "Workplace Diversity", at the Workplace Diversity Update conference on Diversity Management, Toronto, (Jan. 1999)
• Presented "Employment & Labour Law for the GES Practice" at the Global Employee Solutions conference, Toronto, (Jan. 1999)
• Published article entitled "The International Rights of the Child: Where are the Remedies?", The Canadian International Lawyer, (Dec. 1998)
• Presented "Anti-Harassment Risk Reduction for Multinational Corporations", at a Diversity Management conference on Cross-Border Labour Law, Brussels, (Oct. 1998)
• Presented "Employment and Labour Law Issues in the Sale of a Business" at the Kitchener, Ontario Townhall meeting, (Sept. 1998)
• Presented “What is Progressive Discipline?”, at the First Nation conference, Canada Labour Code, Toronto, (Feb. 1998)