Stephen Raymond is a full-time arbitrator and mediator in the labour relations and employment law field. He is Vice Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, where he is a respected neutral, adjudicating matters under The Ontario Labour Relations Act, The Employment Standards Act, and The Occupational Health and Safety Act.

He also has an active private mediation and arbitration practice, encompassing collective bargaining issues, coroner’s inquests, workplace safety and insurance, wrongful dismissal, and workplace human rights.

Mr. Raymond practiced employment law for a decade at a top employment law firm prior to becoming a full-time mediator and arbitrator. He is a Member of the Ontario Labour Management Arbitrators’ Association, Executive Member of the Labour Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, and an Advisor to Canada Law Book on Federal Labour and Employment Legislation. Mr. Raymond has been an instructor in the Trial Advocacy Program at Osgoode Hall Law School and in the Employment Law program at Seneca College, and is a frequent lecturer before the Advocates Society on mediation and arbitration matters.