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Saadia Naim is an Associate in the Employment and Labour Relations practice at McMillan.
Saadia has worked on a variety of files including individual and policy grievances, jurisdictional disputes, unfair labour practice complaints, wrongful dismissals, small claims, interventions, class actions, and individual multi-million dollar lawsuits. She has prepared witnesses for hearings, completed intakes, and compiled books of documents; as well as drafted legal opinions, briefs, statements of claims, and declarations and affidavits. She has also independently carried human rights and small claims cases.
Bilingual in Spanish and English with intermediate knowledge of French and Urdu, Saadia has extensive community involvement from her work at the Muslim Legal Support Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services as well as volunteer roles with Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights and Amnesty International.
Saadia is a graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School where she was Oralist for Osgoode’s team in the Federal Court Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Law Moot.
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Insights (5 Posts)View More
Transparency for Talent: Proposed Legislation Would Mandate Salary Range and Artificial Intelligence Disclosure in Hiring Process
Ontario will propose legislation aimed at providing additional transparency to Ontario workers, including salary ranges and use of artificial intelligence.
Secret Recordings Won’t Fly: BC Court of Appeal Rules on Surreptitious Recordings by Employees in the Workplace
This bulletin discusses a recent BC Court of Appeal decision where an employee was dismissed for cause for secretly recording workplace conversations.
Unlocking the Global Talent Firewall: IRCC Announces New Tech Talent Strategy
Employers in the tech industry will now be able to take advantage of improved and entirely new immigration pathways to address their labour needs.
Proposed Working for Workers Act, 2023: Second Reading and Debate Adjourned
Update on Bill 79, Working for Workers Act, 2023, as it continues to progress towards becoming enacted.
Alleviating the Labour Shortage: Limit on Student Work Hours Temporarily Lifted
Recent immigration policy changes relating to off-campus work by international students in Canada
Deals & Cases (1 Posts)
McMillan Successfully Defends Paradise Theatre against Union Claim brought by IATSE before the Ontario Labour Relations Board
In May 2023, McMillan concluded its representation of Paradise Theatre Entertainment Corp. (“Paradise Theatre”) against a claim from the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts, Local 58 (“IATSE”), before the Ontario Labour Relations Board (“OLRB”).
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