Overview

Andrew is a Partner with Mathews Dinsdale, and currently practices in all areas of labour, employment and human rights law. He has represented employers in many different legal forums and, in particular, regularly appears on behalf of employers at the Ontario Labour Relations Board and at labour arbitration.
Andrew acts on behalf of a wide variety of employers, with a particular focus on the construction industry as well as long-term care and health care sector employers. In this context, Andrew has significant experience in representing employers during certification applications, grievance arbitrations, collective bargaining, interest arbitration, human rights matters, wrongful dismissal claims, employment standards appeals, and other labour relations and employment law matters.
For more than half a decade, Andrew held a number of different roles on the Ontario Bar Association Labour and Employment Section Executive. For the last two of his years on the Executive, Andrew was also a member of the Ontario Labour Relations Board Advisory Committee.
Andrew articled with Mathews Dinsdale before returning to the firm following his call to the Bar. Prior to joining the firm, Andrew completed his law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School.
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### Representative experience
February 2025
The Employer successfully defended against a union grievance alleging that an employee was misclassified and entitled to be paid a higher wage rate. The union’s grievance was dismissed — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
October 2024
Employer, a home builder and developer, successfully defended against a Certification Application by establishing that certain individuals who the union claimed were its employees were actually employees of a different company — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
August 2024
Employer successfully argued that the union’s grievance and Related Employer Application should be dismissed on the basis of delay. The union also requested reconsideration of this decision, and the employer successfully argued that the request for reconsideration should be dismissed. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
July 2024
Employer successfully argued that the it was not obligated to transfer employees’ contributions to the employer’s pension plan into a separate pension fund established by the union. The union’s grievance was dismissed. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
February 2024
The Employer successfully defended against a Certification Application by establishing, among other things, that the Union had improperly tried to change its legal positions from those had initially taken in the course of that Application — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
December 2023
Employer successfully argued that it was not required to pay overtime pay in certain circumstances. The Union’s grievance was dismissed — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
November 2023
Employer successfully argued that it was reasonable for it to terminate an employee for violating its mandatory vaccination po

Practice Areas

• Employment Law
• Labour Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2009 (ON)