Moderator
Speakers
In this webinar, seasoned experts will address the latest developments in university and college labour law. Panelists will examine key recent cases and legislative updates, and address topics including:
- How have courts and arbitrators balanced issues of free speech and academic freedom against the need for colleges and universities to ensure integrity in academia and protect their reputations and student wellbeing?
- To what degree do professors and instructors have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of their work-related devices?
- What aspects of COVID-19 policies have been found to render the policies reasonable or unreasonable in the college and/or university context? How have arbitrators approached the exercise of management rights by academic employers during the pandemic? What lessons may be learned for future viral threats or similarly disruptive events?
- What trends in discipline and damages are discernible in cases of discrimination and harassment perpetrated by employees of colleges and universities? To what degree have changing societal norms and the academic context impacted outcomes in these decisions?
- What guiding principles have arbitrators drawn upon in interpreting collective agreement terms in the post-secondary context? How has a “plain language” approach guided the analysis? To what degree will “extrinsic” evidence be considered?
- What do recent decisions from Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Ontario suggest regarding the government’s ability to intervene in collective bargaining in the educational sector?
- With several provinces enacting legislation restricting the use of non-disclosure agreements (including legislation in Ontario targeting post-secondary institutions), should colleges and universities consider ceasing use of non-disclosure agreements?
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.
- This program has been approved by the Law Society of Saskatchewan 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 Law Society of New Brunswick may consider this program for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- Members of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society 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 – Single Attendee
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.
