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.
Righting Wrongs: Extraordinary remedies for egregious cases
May 7, 2020 Over the past few years, courts, human rights tribunals, and labour arbitrators across Canada have been releasing a series of groundbreaking remedial awards. Are damages on the rise? What lessons [...]
On the Horizon in Accommodation: ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, mild cognitive impairment, and other emerging issues
April 30, 2020 Although they are lifelong conditions, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are often thought of as childhood conditions. Conversely, the popular conception of individuals with age-related [...]
Playing by the Rules: The limits on employer rules and policies
April 16, 2020 Employers have the right to manage their workplaces, including by creating and implementing rules with disciplinary consequences, but in a unionized environment, the rules must be reasonable, clear, and uniformly [...]
Closing the Divide: Innovative strategies for confronting discrimination and supporting a diverse workforce
April 2, 2020 While organizations may recognize the importance of a diverse workforce and even identify diversity as a priority, they regularly encounter challenges in successfully recruiting and retaining diverse employees. Furthermore, despite [...]
Whistle While You Work? Drawing the line on whistleblowing, free speech, and other forms of workplace expression
March 19, 2020 In an era in which everyone carries a smartphone and freely shares views on social media, the chance of "going viral" is a real risk, as one Saskatchewan nurse discovered [...]
Disciplinary Investigations: Essential guidance from the experts
March 5, 2020 Employers are often called upon to conduct — and employees and unions must respond on short notice to — workplace investigations into alleged misconduct. Mistakes in these investigations can be [...]
Trendsetting Cases on Undue Hardship: What are the limits of the duty to accommodate?
February 20, 2020 While there is no disputing that employers have a duty to accommodate up to the point of undue hardship, workplace parties still face significant uncertainty in determining exactly when, in practice, that [...]
Protecting Brains in the Knowledge Economy: A guide to psychological health and safety in the workplace
February 6, 2020 As a result of recent but profound changes to working practices — and a general shift to a knowledge-based economy — workplace psychosocial hazards and work-related stress are emerging as [...]