December 15, 2015 In this session, a panel of Lancaster's experts will provide practical tips to guide you through tough ethical dilemmas commonly faced by labour relations professionals. Issues to be addressed include:Staying on the [...]

December 3, 2015 In this session, leaders in the field will review the most important wrongful dismissal cases of 2015, and highlight must-know principles for employers, employees and employment law practitioners across Canada. [...]

November 26, 2015 In this practical session, specialists will provide guidance on getting the medical information you need and are entitled to in your capacity as an employer, HR professional, or union representative, [...]

November 24, 2015 The task of labour boards, encouraging "co-operative participation of employers and trade unions in resolving workplace issues," is not an easy one at the best of times. Particular problems, however, such [...]

November 10, 2015 Courts have long pointed to labour boards as the classic example of a specialized tribunal to which they should show deference on judicial review. How much deference are courts actually giving to [...]

November 5, 2015 Labour boards have long dealt with unrepresented workers making duty of fair representation applications against their unions. Increasingly, however, labour boards are faced with non-unionized workers who must represent themselves in [...]

October 22, 2015 A seismic shift has taken place in Canadian labour law. The shift that began in 2007 with the Supreme Court of Canada's recognition of constitutional protection for collective bargaining in [...]

October 22, 2015 In this audio session, a panel of experienced counsel will explain what principles must be considered and applied in addressing concerns regarding employee conduct that impacts the workplace. The following topics [...]

October 8, 2015 When an employee makes a claim for disability benefits, the employer, the employee, the union, and the insurer each have obligations, which may sometimes conflict. In this session, our experts will help [...]

September 23, 2015 Substance dependency may result in significant workplace problems, ranging from lost productivity and absenteeism to issues of workplace safety. Supporting an employee who is struggling with a substance use disorder can be [...]

September 10, 2015 While there is no question that employers must accommodate employees with disabilities "to the point of undue hardship," parties frequently disagree about what amounts to undue hardship. Determining where the point of [...]

July 21, 2015 We live in an information age. The sheer amount of information available on anything or anyone is increasing, and this information is increasingly easy to access. The ease of collecting personal information [...]

July 9, 2015 Employers and unions both have an interest in ensuring that recruitment, hiring, and promotion processes are fair and avoid bias and discrimination. When is it appropriate to seek a criminal record check? [...]

June 18, 2015 In recent years, there has been a revolution in the attitude of courts to family status discrimination cases, broadening the scope of protection afforded to employees under federal and provincial [...]

June 11, 2015 The conflict between employee privacy rights and the need for employers to have reliable, accurate information about an employee's medical condition – in order to fulfill the duty to accommodate, [...]

May 7, 2015 Failing to provide a workplace free of bullying and harassment, including failing to investigate and respond appropriately to complaints, can expose employers to significant liability under human rights and occupational health and [...]

April 30, 2015 Disciplinary meetings and investigations require a careful balancing between employees' rights to privacy and a fair process, and the need to conduct an effective inquiry into allegations. How should the [...]

April 23, 2015 Canada's aging workforce presents employers and unions with the opportunity to harness the skills and experience of mature workers, but also raises thorny challenges. Is it discriminatory to limit flexible work arrangements [...]

April 9, 2015 Accommodating an employee who has a learning or intellectual disability presents special challenges for employers and unions. How can workplace parties recognize when performance issues may be the result of a learning [...]

March 5, 2015 Recent developments in privacy law have resulted in a greater recognition, as well as an increasing expansion, of employee privacy rights in the arbitral jurisprudence. Further, as a result of the Supreme [...]

February 19, 2015 The circumstances surrounding CBC's recent firing of Jian Ghomeshi raise a host of legal issues, including an employer's ability to discharge employees for off-duty behaviour. When can an employee be [...]

February 17, 2015 On January 30, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision affirming, for the first time, constitutional protection for the right to strike in Canada. Applying this principle, it quashed [...]

February 12, 2015 As a result of a series of high-profile and very public disclosures in recent months, the problem of sexual harassment in Canada's workplaces has surged to the forefront of workplace law. These [...]

January 22, 2015 In this session, Lancaster's panel of experts will review the most important decisions in workplace law of 2014 and explain how the key legal principles enunciated in those decisions should guide the [...]