Gordon D. Hamilton

Gordon supports companies and organizations by providing practical advice on labour and employment matters. He advises on collective bargaining, arbitration, mediation, human resources, privacy, workplace harassment, employment standards, and workplace safety.

He has spent more than 20 years adjudicating disputes involving labour, employment, and securities law issues. He has recently completed advanced training to conduct commercial arbitrations and construction adjudications.

Gordon has advised clients in many industries, including: financial services, education, agriculture, manufacturing, food processing, transportation, telecommunications, oil & gas, mining, construction, and health services.

Gordon offers a diverse perspective:

as a senior human resources executive (SVP),
as a tenured full-time business studies faculty,
as a full-time adjudicator on the Canada Industrial Relations Board,
as a part-time adjudicator on the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board,
as a part-time adjudicator with the Saskatchewan Securities Commission.

Gordon has completed post-secondary legal education at three different universities in Canada and Scotland, and received negotiations training from MIT-Tufts-Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation.

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June 1, 2012

Privacy Law

Gordon D. Hamilton

LEGISLATION WATCH Legislation Update (PIPEDA) The federal government has recently introduced amendments to PIPEDA ( Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act). Depending upon the business, these changes may be significant. In addition to the existing exceptions that allow for use and disclosure of personal information without the...

May 1, 2012

Employment Law

Gordon D. Hamilton

For All Employers Breaking News: Employees & Social Media A sign of the times? At least one USA state (Maryland) has passed legislation making it illegal for employers to request the passwords to social media on-line accounts from current or prospective employees, so that the employer can investigate the employees' off-duty or pre-employment...

November 1, 2011

Labour and Employment Law Update

Gordon D. Hamilton

For All Employers Who Owns Client Lists - A New Twist on an Old Question? With the proliferation of social media networking websites, the common issue arises for a company about the ownership of the client list that is now integrated into the former employee's LinkedIn, Facebook or other social media pages. The problem is that most of these...