Webinars On Demand
With over 50 workplace topics to choose from, we make it easy to find the information you’re looking for. Our storehouse of 90-minute MP3s brings together the collected wisdom and experience of leading union and management counsel as well as neutrals and subject matter experts from across the country. In addition, each MP3 is accompanied by a PDF of concise summaries of cases discussed by the experts.
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Is strict discipline necessary to ensure workplace safety during the pandemic?
June 17, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has created unique safety concerns for workplaces and new headaches for employers and unions as they put in place measures to reduce the risk of transmission and [...]
The Price of Inaction: Liability for failing to investigate and respond to workplace concerns
June 3, 2021 Recent high-profile investigations at Rideau Hall and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights have served as a stark reminder that, even in the midst of a pandemic, employers and unions [...]
Speaking Out in the Public Interest: Whistleblowing and the scope and limits of employee free speech
May 6, 2021 Research has shown that whistleblowers provide the single most effective means of uncovering wrongdoing that undermines the public interest, but the fear of reprisals and blacklisting deters many from coming [...]
Taking One’s Leave: Determining entitlement to leaves of absence, vacation, and sickness and disability benefits in the time of COVID-19
April 22, 2021 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, [...]
Examining the Exception: Dealing with bad faith allegations of bullying, harassment, and misconduct
April 8, 2021 While most employees and employers raise workplace issues in good faith, complaints procedures and investigation processes are occasionally abused by those with ulterior motives. Employers and unions must be able [...]
Flashpoints in University and College Labour Law: Contract and term appointments, evaluation, discipline, harassment, and more
March 25, 2021 University and college workplaces give rise to many of the same disputes found in other workplaces, but the resolution of such disputes is influenced by the status of universities and [...]
Workplace Privacy Today and Tomorrow: What’s on the horizon for privacy law?
March 11, 2021 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 Ontario, the provincial government has taken [...]
Discipline Flashpoints: Benefit fraud, harassment, off-duty misconduct, and other current concerns
March 4, 2021 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 [...]
