Dave J.G. McKechnie

Partner


Toronto

Tel : 416.865.7051
Fax : 416.865.7048

Email : dave.mckechnie@mcmillan.ca
VCard : vcard

Professional Experience

Dave practises in all areas of labour relations and employment law at both the provincial and federal level. He advises and represents management with respect to employee hiring and termination, wrongful dismissal claims, disability management and benefit issues, employment standards, employment contracts, employment policies, human rights, grievance arbitration, negotiation and administration of collective agreements, workers' safety and insurance, and Canada Labour Code unjust dismissal complaints. Dave also has class action experience in relation to employee and retiree benefits claims.

Dave represents clients in front of various labour tribunals, including the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, employment insurance appeals, employment standards hearings and at arbitrations and mediations. Dave has also appeared before the Ontario Superior Court and the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Dave is a member of the firm's business immigration practice, and advises clients on all aspects of business immigration, including labour market opinions, intra-company transfers, professional applications and permanent residence applications for economic class immigration and provincial nominees.

Dave is a graduate with honours of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Prior to joining McMillan, he worked as a litigation clerk at Thompson Coburn LLP in Washington, D.C.

publications and presentations
September 2011
Five Good Ideas - Practical Strategies for Non-Profit Success
Contributor, Edited by Alan Broadbent and Ratna Omidvar, Coach House Books
August 11, 2011
All things being unequal: Quebec's renewed focus on pay equity
Mercer/CCH Guide for Employers, July 2011
May 2011
all things being unequal: Quebec's renewed focus on pay equity
Corporate Bulletin
April 2011
candy is dandy, but that's no excuse to reduce
employment and labour bulletin


  • employment and labour relations
  • business immigration 

  • Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Toronto Lawyers Association
Called to the Ontario bar - 2004

University of Toronto, LLB - 2003

Swarthmore College, BA (Hons.), - 1997