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Labour Relations Certificate: October 5 – 28, 2027

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH: Register Now $5,495.00 Labour Relations Certificate quantity Add to Cart Program Overview What to Expect Agenda Speakers Sample Materials Event Details Dates: October 5 – 28, 2027Duration: 4 Weeks, Tuesdays and ThursdaysTime: 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm ETVenue: Virtual Program Description The Labour Relations Certificate Program, presented […]

Managing in a Unionized Environment Certificate: May 4 – 20, 2027

Managing unionized workplaces requires a different skill set, a different attitude, and an appreciation that the labour law regime is utterly unlike the legal framework in the non-union setting. Unionized employees cannot be fired by giving notice and writing a cheque. Just cause must be established and thoroughly documented.

Navigating Workplace Investigations

Workplace investigations are an essential part of responding to allegations of harassment, discrimination, and other workplace misconduct. Understanding the legal obligations and principles governing investigations is critical for employers, unions, HR professionals, and others involved in the process.

Labour Relations Certificate: March 2 – 25, 2027 

The Labour Relations Certificate Program, presented by Toronto Metropolitan University and Lancaster House, is designed to provide individuals engaged in labour relations with the core skills and knowledge required to create and

Lancaster Speaker Series: Temporary Foreign Workers

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Option Choose an optionLive Webinar, video, and MP3 BundleLive WebinarVideo and MP3Clear Menopause in the Workplace: Supporting employees through a natural life transition quantity Add to Cart Temporary Foreign Workers Program Overview This Lancaster Speaker Series explores the temporary foreign worker program in Canada. The session will discuss […]

Mental Health and Medical Privacy: What are appropriate information requests for leaves, accommodations, and returns to work?

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Option Choose an optionLive Webinar, video, and MP3 BundleLive WebinarVideo and MP3Clear Menopause in the Workplace: Supporting employees through a natural life transition quantity Add to Cart Program Overview This Lancaster Speaker Series explores the experience of perimenopause and menopause and their impact on workplace. The session will […]

Mental Health Conditions, Misconduct, and Attendance Management: How to distinguish culpable conduct from disability-driven behaviour

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Option Choose an optionLive Webinar, video, and MP3 BundleLive WebinarVideo and MP3Clear Menopause in the Workplace: Supporting employees through a natural life transition quantity Add to Cart Program Overview This Lancaster Speaker Series explores the experience of perimenopause and menopause and their impact on workplace. The session will […]

Lancaster’s Workplace Essentials: The exercise of management rights in light of the evolving duty of fair contract administration

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Option Choose an optionLive Webinar, video, and MP3 BundleLive WebinarVideo and MP3Clear Menopause in the Workplace: Supporting employees through a natural life transition quantity Add to Cart Program Overview This Lancaster Speaker Series explores the experience of perimenopause and menopause and their impact on workplace. The session will […]

Bill C-39 (S.107) and the Right to Strike: “Reinforcement” or “Retrenchment”?

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm E.T. FREE WEBINAR Join the University of Toronto and Lancaster House for a timely discussion of Bill C-39, An Act respecting certain measures to strengthen the economy Registration is free, but advance registration is required. SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH: Register Now Bill C-39 (S.107) and the […]

Lancaster’s Workplace Essentials: How to interpret collective agreements

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Option Choose an optionLive Webinar, video, and MP3 BundleLive WebinarVideo and MP3Clear Menopause in the Workplace: Supporting employees through a natural life transition quantity Add to Cart Program Overview A strong grasp of principles of collective agreement interpretation is essential for labour relations professionals, in grievance handling, collective […]

2027 Annual Human Rights Update: The latest cases and legislative developments

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Option Choose an optionLive Webinar, video, and MP3 BundleLive WebinarVideo and MP3Clear Menopause in the Workplace: Supporting employees through a natural life transition quantity Add to Cart Program Overview This annual update examines the cases and legislative developments shaping some of today’s most pressing workplace human rights issues, […]

2027 Annual Labour Law Update: The latest cases and legislative developments

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Option Choose an optionLive Webinar, video, and MP3 BundleLive WebinarClear 2027 Annual Labour Law Update: The latest cases and legislative developments quantity Add to Cart Program Overview Stay up to date on the latest developments in labour law through Lancaster House’s annual webinar addressing noteworthy cases and legislative […]

Strategic Arbitration Advocacy Certificate Program

Strengthen your arbitration advocacy skills with advanced training focused on complex labour disputes. Learn strategic case development, evidentiary analysis, witness examinations, procedural advocacy, and persuasive hearing techniques through practical exercises and simulations.

Hindsight Is 20/20: Key cases and developments in labour and human rights

Seasoned counsel will review the most important labour and human rights decisions from the past year and explain how they will affect you in the coming year. The panel will also flag significant ongoing litigation. Final selection of topics will take place a few weeks before the webinar in order to ensure up-to-date coverage of the most important developments.

Live Issues at the Labour Board: What you need to know for 2021

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 Live Issues at the Labour Board: What you need to know for 2021 quantity Add to Cart Program Overview Discussion of arbitration decisions tends to dominate many continuing education events for labour relations professionals, but knowledge of recent labour board decisions is […]

Public Health and Legal Responses to the Pandemic: What’s behind us, what lies ahead

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 Public Health and Legal Responses to the Pandemic: What's behind us, what lies ahead quantity Add to Cart Program Overview For nearly a year, employers, unions, and workers have struggled with unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many challenges have been […]

Coping with COVID: Managing stress, burnout, and pandemic fatigue

Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview In April 2020, the Canadian Mental Health Association called for immediate action to avoid the potential of an “echo pandemic” of mental health issues resulting from COVID-19. In subsequent months, studies revealing dramatically […]

Workplace Privacy Today and Tomorrow: What’s on the horizon for privacy law?

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Workplace Privacy Today and Tomorrow: What's on the horizon for privacy law? quantity Add to Cart Program Overview The federal government recently introduced the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2020, which contains the most ambitious changes to Canada’s privacy law in decades. In […]

Taking One’s Leave: Determining entitlement to leaves of absence, vacation, and sickness and disability benefits in the time of COVID-19

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, workplace parties across Canada have had to adapt their workplaces. In doing so, they have had to balance the employer’s need to ensure orderly, efficient, safe, and predictable operations at the workplace against employees’ needs for greater flexibility, to attend to additional childcare and other family responsibilities, to self-isolate in certain circumstances, and more.

Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Is strict discipline necessary to ensure workplace safety during the pandemic?

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Desperate Times, Desperate Measures: Is strict discipline necessary to ensure workplace safety during the pandemic? quantity Add to Cart Program Overview The questions of whether discipline is warranted and what constitutes an appropriate penalty are perennially contentious issues for workplace parties. […]

Bill C-65 Explained: An expert forum on the new federal violence and harassment regulations

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Discipline Flashpoints: Benefit fraud, harassment, off-duty misconduct, and other current concerns quantity Add to Cart Program Overview In the midst of the pandemic, federally regulated employers and the unions representing their employees have been tasked with taking significant new steps to […]

Fumbling through Fables? Examining the role of credibility, reliability, and apology in investigations and arbitrations

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Fumbling through Fables? Examining the role of credibility, reliability, and apology in investigations and arbitrations quantity Add to Cart Program Overview Employers, investigators, and decision-makers are often required to make determinations about the credibility and reliability of employee statements and testimony […]

Substance Use and the Workplace: Staying up to date on testing, accommodation, return-to-work conditions, and discharge

Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview While substance use is a perennial concern for workplace parties, use of alcohol, cannabis, prescription medications, and illicit substances has increased significantly during the pandemic, as Canadians cope with mental health challenges and […]

Homing in on Harassment: Developments in remedies, investigations, and judicial review

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Homing in on Harassment: Developments in remedies, investigations, and judicial review quantity Add to Cart Program Overview While COVID-19 has profoundly transformed the workplace, harassment has remained an issue of significant concern. Many workplaces have witnessed an increase in the number […]

The ABCs of IMEs Reimagined: Reviewing the basics, exploring collaborative models

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 The ABCs of IMEs Reimagined: Reviewing the basics, exploring collaborative models quantity Add to Cart Program Overview The use of independent medical examinations (IMEs) in determining appropriate accommodations is highly contentious. Unions and employees may doubt the independence of a physician […]

Simmer Down: Cool-headed responses to aggressive behaviour in the workplace

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Simmer Down: Cool-headed responses to aggressive behaviour in the workplace quantity Add to Cart Program Overview While rude, confrontational, and abusive behaviour is not a new challenge for workplace parties, the past year and a half has seen a noticeable uptick […]

Investigating with Integrity: Professionalism in conducting workplace investigations

Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Legal professionals, human resources specialists, and management personnel are increasingly called upon to assist organizations in carrying out a workplace investigation. Investigations frequently involve complex and sensitive matters: allegations of discrimination or harassment […]

2021 in Employment Law: Critical decisions that will affect your practice

Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview 2021 was a notable year in employment law, with courts having to address perennially vexing issues as well as novel challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this webinar, leading counsel will review […]

Hot Off the Press! Annual human rights and labour law update

SIGN UP FOR MORE INFORMATION BUY NOW Bundle: Live Webinar, Video, and MP3 $150.00 Hot Off the Press! Annual human rights and labour law update quantity Add to Cart Program Overview In this webinar, seasoned counsel will review the most important non-COVID-related labour and human rights decisions from the past year and explain how they […]

Discrimination and Harassment: Experts examine recent cases, emerging trends

Webinar + MP3 Bundle – $595.00 Please set a valid product Program Overview What to Expect Speakers Agenda Sample Materials Program Overview Conduct that may have been tolerated in the past is no longer considered acceptable. Employers are now facing a higher degree of accountability for failing to address misconduct in the workplace, while employees […]