Extraordinary Harms, Extraordinary Remedies: Learning from exceptional damage awards in human rights and arbitration cases
Webinar + MP3 Bundle - $595.00
Program Overview
In recent years, we have seen an upward trend in damages awards, with employers paying a steep price for failing to meet their legal obligations in the workplace. In this webinar, a panel of experts will examine recent caselaw where exceptional damages have been made, and will address the following questions:
- What are the different kinds of damages an employee may seek? General? Moral? Harm to dignity? Aggravated? Punitive?
- Do arbitrators and tribunals have the authority to award the same kinds of damages as the courts?
- In what circumstances will a decision maker order damages for the failure to investigate? Can a decision-maker order damages for the failure to investigate where it has determined that no human rights violation occurred?
- When are employers at risk of aggravated damage awards?
- What evidentiary threshold does an employee have to meet to support an award of aggravated damages?
- What kind of conduct will justify an award of punitive damages? For example, when will this kind of award be made in a case involving bullying and harassment or termination? What can employers do to guard against punitive damages?
- When will a damages award amount to double recovery?
- What considerations will courts take into account in assessing an employee’s duty to mitigate their losses?
Speakers
Thelma Zindoga
Employer Counsel
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Balraj Dosanjh
Pensions Counsel
Cavalluzzo LLP
Moderator
Jeff Palamar
Arbitrator and Lawyer
Taylor McCaffrey
CPD Information
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This program has been approved by CPHR BC & Yukon for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
This program has been approved by CPHR Alberta for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- This program has been approved by the Law Society of British Columbia for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- This program has been approved by the Law Society of Saskatchewan for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- Members of the Law Society of Ontario may consider counting this program for 1.5 Substantive Hours; 0 Professionalism Hours.
- Members of the Law Society of New Brunswick may consider this program for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- Members of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society may consider this program for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.