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In recent years, we have seen an upward trend in damages awards, with employers paying a steep price for failing to meet their legal obligations in the workplace. In this webinar, a panel of experts will examine recent caselaw where exceptional damages have been made, and will address the following questions:
- What are the different kinds of damages an employee may seek? General? Moral? Harm to dignity? Aggravated? Punitive?
- Do arbitrators and tribunals have the authority to award the same kinds of damages as the courts?
- In what circumstances will a decision maker order damages for the failure to investigate? Can a decision-maker order damages for the failure to investigate where it has determined that no human rights violation occurred?
- When are employers at risk of aggravated damage awards?
- What evidentiary threshold does an employee have to meet to support an award of aggravated damages?
- What kind of conduct will justify an award of punitive damages? For example, when will this kind of award be made in a case involving bullying and harassment or termination? What can employers do to guard against punitive damages?
- When will a damages award amount to double recovery?
- What considerations will courts take into account in assessing an employee’s duty to mitigate their losses?
Accreditation
This program has been approved for Continuing Professional Development 1.5 hours under Category A of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Log of the Human Resource Professionals Association (HRPA).
This program has been approved by CPHR BC & Yukon for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
This program has been approved by CPHR Alberta for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- This program has been approved by the Law Society of British Columbia for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- Members of the Law Society of Ontario may consider counting this program for 1.5 Substantive hours; 0 Professionalism hours.
- Members of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society may count this program for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- Members of the Law Society of New Brunswick may consider this program for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
Additional Information
MATERIALS
Valuable, up-to-date materials and case summaries will be available for downloading from our website. Each webinar is accompanied by a PDF of concise summaries of the cases discussed.
REGISTRATION FEE
Live webinar, video, and MP3 bundle – $440
Live webinar – $275
Video and MP3 – $275
(Registrations must be paid in advance of the webinar)
Please contact us by email, or by phone at (416) 977-6618, for discount pricing for additional participants and group orders.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The video recording, MP3 file, and materials are available for download and viewing one business day after the live webinar. After purchasing, you will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to access and download the video recording, MP3 file, and materials. For purchases for upcoming webinars, once the video recording and MP3 file and materials are available, registrants will receive an update e-mail informing them that the links are now ready.
