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.
At the Breaking Point: The growing problem of workplace stress and burnout, and what to do about it
July 12, 2018 Stress, like other workplace hazards, can adversely affect employees' health, making them more susceptible to both physical and mental illnesses; it can also cause employees to become dissatisfied and quit [...]
Dealing with Difficult People: Bullying bosses, sensitive employees, and other challenging personalities
May 31, 2018 Employers and unions alike accept that there is a high cost to low morale – that friction among co-workers lowers productivity – and recognize that the potential legal liability for [...]
Down and Out or Up and About? What’s considered permissible activity on sick leave
May 15, 2018 In the minds of many, an employee taking a sick day or on sick leave is in bed surrounded by piles of tissues or possibly trying to rest despite great [...]
Workplace Sexual Harassment: Encouraging reporting, developing a responsive process, changing the culture
May 3, 2018 The #MeToo movement and recent high profile events, such as the RCMP's historic apology and compensation to female officers, have raised societal consciousness about the pervasiveness of sexual harassment in [...]
Medical Notes, Specialist Reports and IMEs: Employee privacy vs. the employer’s right to know
April 19, 2018 Medical issues frequently arise in the workplace that lead to employer requests for medical information, such as fulfilling the duty to accommodate, determining eligibility for benefits, and managing workplace attendance. [...]
Working and Managing in a Unionized Environment: The basics
April 12, 2018 The rules for working and managing in a unionized workplace are very different from those that apply to non-union workplaces. Managers and supervisors new to unionized work environments as well [...]
You Can’t Say That at Work! Charting a course through harassment, insubordination, defamation and free speech
March 27, 2018 In the wake of numerous allegations of sexual harassment made against high-profile men, workplace behaviour, including speech, has become the subject of intense scrutiny. While certain types of comments or [...]
Work/Life Juggling Act: An update on the developing law of family status accommodation
March 1, 2018 For many Canadian workers in the "sandwich generation", squeezed between the demands of caring for both their children and their elderly parents, the need for workplace family status accommodation is [...]