2027 Annual Pensions Update: The latest cases, legislative updates, and policy developments
Menopause in the Workplace: Supporting employees through a natural life transition
Learn how employers, unions, HR professionals, and workplace leaders can better support employees experiencing perimenopause and menopause. Explore practical approaches to fostering inclusion, wellbeing, awareness, and workplace support.
Hindsight Is 20/20: Key cases and developments in labour and human rights
Seasoned counsel will review the most important labour and human rights decisions from the past year and explain how they will affect you in the coming year. The panel will also flag significant ongoing litigation. Final selection of topics will take place a few weeks before the webinar in order to ensure up-to-date coverage of the most important developments.
Live Issues at the Labour Board: What you need to know for 2021
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 Live Issues at the Labour Board: What you need to know for 2021 quantity Add to Cart Program Overview Discussion of arbitration decisions tends to dominate many continuing education events for labour relations professionals, but knowledge of recent labour board decisions is […]
Public Health and Legal Responses to the Pandemic: What’s behind us, what lies ahead
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 Public Health and Legal Responses to the Pandemic: What's behind us, what lies ahead quantity Add to Cart Program Overview For nearly a year, employers, unions, and workers have struggled with unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many challenges have been […]
Coping with COVID: Managing stress, burnout, and pandemic fatigue
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview In April 2020, the Canadian Mental Health Association called for immediate action to avoid the potential of an “echo pandemic” of mental health issues resulting from COVID-19. In subsequent months, studies revealing dramatically […]
Discipline Flashpoints: Benefit fraud, harassment, off-duty misconduct, and other current concerns
The questions of whether discipline is warranted and what constitutes an appropriate penalty are perennially contentious issues for workplace parties. These issues are further compounded by the fact that disciplinary sanctions change in accordance with evolving societal attitudes, with some forms of misconduct meriting harsher disciplinary consequences than in the past.
Workplace Privacy Today and Tomorrow: What’s on the horizon for privacy law?
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Workplace Privacy Today and Tomorrow: What's on the horizon for privacy law? quantity Add to Cart Program Overview The federal government recently introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020, which contains the most ambitious changes to Canada’s privacy law in decades. In […]
Flashpoints in University and College Labour Law: Contract and term appointments, evaluation, discipline, harassment, and more
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Examining the Exception: Dealing with bad faith allegations of bullying, harassment, and misconduct
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Examining the Exception: Dealing with bad faith allegations of bullying, harassment, and misconduct quantity Add to Cart Program Overview While most employees and employers raise workplace issues in good faith, complaints procedures and investigation processes are occasionally abused by those with […]
Taking One’s Leave: Determining entitlement to leaves of absence, vacation, and sickness and disability benefits in the time of COVID-19
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, workplace parties across Canada have had to adapt their workplaces. In doing so, they have had to balance the employer’s need to ensure orderly, efficient, safe, and predictable operations at the workplace against employees’ needs for greater flexibility, to attend to additional childcare and other family responsibilities, to self-isolate in certain circumstances, and more.
Speaking Out in the Public Interest: Whistleblowing and the scope and limits of employee free speech
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Speaking Out in the Public Interest: Whistleblowing and the scope and limits of employee free speech quantity Add to Cart Program Overview Research has shown that whistleblowers provide the single most effective means of uncovering wrongdoing that undermines the public interest, […]
The Price of Inaction: Liability for failing to investigate and respond to workplace concerns
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 The Price of Inaction: Liability for failing to investigate and respond to workplace concerns quantity Add to Cart Program Overview Recent high-profile investigations at Rideau Hall and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights have served as a stark reminder that, even […]
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Is strict discipline necessary to ensure workplace safety during the pandemic?
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Is strict discipline necessary to ensure workplace safety during the pandemic? quantity Add to Cart Program Overview The questions of whether discipline is warranted and what constitutes an appropriate penalty are perennially contentious issues for workplace parties. […]
Bill C-65 Explained: An expert forum on the new federal violence and harassment regulations
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Discipline Flashpoints: Benefit fraud, harassment, off-duty misconduct, and other current concerns quantity Add to Cart Program Overview In the midst of the pandemic, federally regulated employers and the unions representing their employees have been tasked with taking significant new steps to […]
Fumbling through Fables? Examining the role of credibility, reliability, and apology in investigations and arbitrations
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Current Issues in Health Care Law: Health and safety, accommodation, discipline for off-duty conduct, privacy, and more
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Substance Use and the Workplace: Staying up to date on testing, accommodation, return-to-work conditions, and discharge
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview While substance use is a perennial concern for workplace parties, use of alcohol, cannabis, prescription medications, and illicit substances has increased significantly during the pandemic, as Canadians cope with mental health challenges and […]
Homing in on Harassment: Developments in remedies, investigations, and judicial review
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Homing in on Harassment: Developments in remedies, investigations, and judicial review quantity Add to Cart Program Overview While COVID-19 has profoundly transformed the workplace, harassment has remained an issue of significant concern. Many workplaces have witnessed an increase in the number […]
Torts Illustrated: A primer on torts arising in the workplace context and the latest developments
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Fumbling through Fables? Examining the role of credibility, reliability, and apology in investigations and arbitrations quantity Add to Cart Program Overview Labour relations professionals may be unfamiliar with torts — legal wrongs separate and apart from breaches of contract that lead […]
Attendance Management during COVID-19 and Beyond: What rules will apply in the hybrid workplace?
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Attendance Management during COVID-19 and Beyond: What rules will apply in the hybrid workplace? quantity Add to Cart Program Overview Experience working during the pandemic, which has seen broad acceptance of remote work as well as increased awareness of the dangers […]
The ABCs of IMEs Reimagined: Reviewing the basics, exploring collaborative models
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 The ABCs of IMEs Reimagined: Reviewing the basics, exploring collaborative models quantity Add to Cart Program Overview The use of independent medical examinations (IMEs) in determining appropriate accommodations is highly contentious. Unions and employees may doubt the independence of a physician […]
Simmer Down: Cool-headed responses to aggressive behaviour in the workplace
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Crossing the Line? Distinguishing between legitimate management, harassment, and borderline behaviours
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview While some instances of harassment and bullying are easy to recognize, many workplace behaviours are more ambiguous. Workplace parties must be prepared to distinguish harassment and bullying from borderline behaviours and the exercise […]
Investigating with Integrity: Professionalism in conducting workplace investigations
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Legal professionals, human resources specialists, and management personnel are increasingly called upon to assist organizations in carrying out a workplace investigation. Investigations frequently involve complex and sensitive matters: allegations of discrimination or harassment […]
2021 in Employment Law: Critical decisions that will affect your practice
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview 2021 was a notable year in employment law, with courts having to address perennially vexing issues as well as novel challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this webinar, leading counsel will review […]
Hot Off the Press! Annual human rights and labour law update
SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Hot Off the Press! Annual human rights and labour law update quantity Add to Cart Program Overview In this webinar, seasoned counsel will review the most important non-COVID-related labour and human rights decisions from the past year and explain how they […]
Transitioning to the Hybrid Workplace: Flex work, the right to disconnect, privacy, and other core issues
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Neither employers nor employees seem to think that working conditions will be — or should be — the same after the pandemic as they were before. As COVID-19 transitions from pandemic to endemic […]
Keeping Up with COVID-19: The latest on mandatory vaccination, exemptions, testing, and more
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Following a summer with low case counts and high rates of vaccination, it was natural to hope that the COVID-19 pandemic would soon be behind us. However, the recent uptick in cases and […]
Workplace Investigations from Complaint to Closure: Top recent cases and practical pointers
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Fair and effective investigations are essential in responding to potential misconduct, allegations of violence, harassment, or discrimination, and other workplace concerns. In this session, experts will discuss best practices for investigations through the […]
The Independent Medical Exam: Working together to make it work
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview The use of independent medical examinations (IMEs) in determining appropriate accommodations is highly contentious. Unions and employees may doubt the independence of a physician designated by the employer or whose income is derived […]
Accommodation and Undue Hardship: A focus on recent trendsetting decisions
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview While the duty to accommodate is well established, the exact nature of that duty is constantly changing. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new complexity to the accommodation process as workers seek […]
Avoiding Performance Management Pitfalls: Preventing abuse of authority, managing employee reactions
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview While performance management can be a useful tool for employers and employees, it can also result in significant legal issues when conducted improperly. In this session, experts will identify common pitfalls in performance […]
The Long Game: New rules for health and safety in a COVID-endemic world
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview It is prevailing expert opinion that, as the COVID-19 pandemic abates, regions will see a transition to an endemic or periodically epidemic virus — one that is persistent in the population, with possible […]
Sorting Shades of Grey: When do management actions constitute discipline?
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview An employer’s management rights entitle it to make rules, set standards, supervise employees, issue performance appraisals, and conduct workplace investigations into possible misconduct, except insofar as the scope of these actions is limited […]
More than Malaise: Burnout as a workplace health, safety, and human rights issue
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview It is undeniable that the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced new stressors into nearly every aspect of life, including work. Dubbed the “echo pandemic” by mental health experts and advocates, the toll of the […]
Difficult Accommodations: Responding to denial, defensiveness, and personality disorders
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Mental health disabilities can affect workers’ judgment, ability to cooperate, and perceptions of others, all of which will likely interfere in the accommodation process. In this session, a mental health expert together with […]
Keep Your Opinions to Yourself! Determining the limits of employee free speech inside and outside the workplace
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed stark divisions within the workplace and outside of it, as two years of pent-up frustration have driven employees and others into polarized camps on an array of highly […]
Attendance Management Essentials: Upholding rights, enforcing obligations
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Attendance management programs (AMPs) are frequently established by employers to deal with excessive absenteeism and to provide support to employees who are having difficulty maintaining regular attendance. However, a large body of caselaw […]
Predicaments in Privacy: An update on privacy and surveillance technology in the workplace
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Privacy has emerged as a key concern as remote and hybrid work have become more common. Indeed, research from Queen’s University confirms that the pandemic has accelerated the use of several forms of […]
ABCs of Medical Information: How-to guidance on requesting, using and disclosing employee medical information
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Health-related issues in the workplace often impel employers to request employees’ medical information — for example, medical documentation may be sought in granting sick leave and determining eligibility for benefits, fulfilling the duty […]
Keeping the Faith: Practical guidance in evaluating and responding to religious accommodation requests
Webinar + MP3 Bundle Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview The deeply personal nature of religious belief has raised complex questions for workplace parties seeking to assess the sincerity of employees’ religious convictions, distinguish those beliefs from other personal views, and accommodate those beliefs in […]
Macro Questions about Microaggressions: When do they amount to harassment? Is discipline or education the appropriate response?
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Workplace microaggressions are subtle behaviours or comments that further marginalize individuals already facing systemic oppression. For an employer, it can be a complex endeavour to appropriately respond to microaggressions in the workplace. Tackling […]
Going to Pot? Managing decriminalization, medical cannabis, and psychedelics
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview The legal landscape in Canada raises difficult questions about managing substance use and abuse in the workplace. Arbitrators have considered numerous cannabis-related issues, addressing employer policies regarding the use of medical cannabis by […]
Current Trends in Workers’ Compensation: Key issues and legal developments across the country
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Workers’ compensation systems across Canada are changing. In this webinar, leading experts will discuss and evaluate the developments that have taken place in recent years in workers’ compensation systems across Canada and consider […]
EDI Concerns in the Workplace: A practical session with experts on how to ensure fairness and inclusivity
Webinar + MP3 Bundle Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Canadian workplaces increasingly recognize the need to apply the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion in their policies and practices. In this panel, experts will explore the extent to which decisions concerning workplace fairness and […]
This Year Has 90 Minutes: Key developments in wrongful dismissal litigation and employment law from 2022
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview The past year has seen workplace parties grapple with intractable workplace dilemmas and thorny pandemic-related issues. In this panel, seasoned experts will discuss noteworthy employment law cases and their impacts for employers and […]
Annual Labour Law and Human Rights Update: Key cases and legislative developments
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview In this session, experts will discuss the impact of key recent decisions and legislative changes, addressing issues such as discrimination, harassment, and accommodation, jurisdiction, substance use, and privacy, and significant legislative developments on […]
From Pandemic to Endemic: Adapting the workplace to recurring viral threats
Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Workplace policies that ensure that businesses can continue in the face of viral threats have become imperative. Experts will discuss infection control and prevention measures as well as flexible working arrangements. In this […]
Neurodiversity at Work: Strategies for creating and fostering inclusive workplaces
Webinar + MP3 Bundle Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Society has begun to use the term “neurodivergent” to refer to people with lifelong neurological or developmental conditions who learn, act, and work in ways that deviate from the norm. Accepting or promoting neurodiversity requires […]