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.
Current and Critical: The most important labour law and human rights decisions of 2017
January 25, 2018 In this session, leading labour lawyers will explain how the most important workplace human rights and labour decisions from 2017 will affect you in the coming year and flag significant [...]
Ethics in Communication: Straight talk for labour relations professionals
December 14, 2017 Communications with clients, opposing counsel, and adjudicators often raise difficult questions about ethics and professionalism. Where is the line between zealous advocacy and incivility? What are best practices for communicating [...]
Danger at Work: Responding to violence and harassment by patients, students and others
November 30, 2017 Recent news reports have highlighted the frequency of violence against health care workers and teachers by patients and students under their care, but almost every worker faces the possibility that [...]
Bill 148 (the Better Jobs Act): What changes are coming to Ontario’s workplaces?
November 14, 2017 On June 1, the Ontario government introduced Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, which proposes a number of significant changes to the province’s labour and employment laws that [...]
Tackling Sick Leave and Return to Work: Credibility, self-reporting, and other thorny issues
November 2, 2017 Reports of employees taking a sick day to watch a baseball game or engage in some other leisure activity are legion. In fact, the improper use of sick leave is [...]
Know Your Rights: A primer on criminal law for unions, employees, and employers
October 24, 2017 Workplace conduct, whether it be employee behaviour or employer actions, often comes under scrutiny in civil law forums through wrongful dismissal actions, grievance arbitrations, and human rights proceedings. Much less [...]
The Opioid Crisis at Work: Protecting employees, supporting first responders, accommodating addiction
October 19, 2017 Health Canada estimates that in 2016, there were over 2,458 opioid-related deaths in the country, amounting to approximately 7 deaths per day. In response to this opioid overdose epidemic, the [...]
What Does It Mean? Mastering the rules of collective agreement interpretation
October 3, 2017 When disputes arise at a unionized workplace, the first place to look for guidance is the collective agreement – the contract that governs the rights and responsibilities of employers and [...]