Donald K. Eady is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Administrative and Public Law, Employee Benefits Law and Labour and Employment Law.
Don's practice includes union-side labour, employment, human rights and administrative law, judicial review, and government relations. He has experience in all aspects of labour relations, collective bargaining, employment and human rights law, pension and benefits law, occupational health and safety, and workers’ compensation. He has appeared before numerous administrative tribunals and trial and appellate courts in the Province of Ontario as well as the Supreme Court of Canada.
Between 1991 and 1994, Don was Special Assistant to the Ontario Ministry of Labour. Don was counsel to the Ontario Public Service Employees Union with respect to the Walkerton Inquiry and co-author of Ontario Public Sector Employment & Labour Law (2005, Irwin Law). He speaks at conferences on issues ranging from human rights law to picketing injunctions to construction labour relations. Don is a member of the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers and The Advocates' Society and is ranked by Chambers Canada for Employment & Labour – Labour for Unions, as well as being consistently recognized for his legal expertise by the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory and The Best Lawyers in Canada.
Don, who practices law in Toronto, Ontario, has been recognized since 2015. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Donald K. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.