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.
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 [...]
Mastering the Essentials: Accommodating mental and physical disabilities
February 15, 2018 The extensive caselaw generated by courts, arbitrators and human rights tribunals on the topic of workplace disability accommodation demonstrates that parties frequently disagree on relatively straightforward matters such as obtaining [...]
Bill 148: Practical pointers on implementing Ontario’s new employment standards
February 8, 2018 Bill 148, also known as the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, made the most significant changes to the Employment Standards Act (ESA) in decades. Many of those changes took [...]
From Hiring to Firing: Recent wrongful dismissal cases you need to know about
February 6, 2018 In this session, seasoned counsel will review the most important recent wrongful dismissal decisions and explain their implications for workplace parties. They will also flag significant litigation on the horizon. Final selection [...]