Canadian pension and benefit plans are facing a pivotal moment, where shifting caselaw, evolving regulations, and new legislative developments are redefining what it means to manage risk, ensure compliance, and protect members. Specifically, the panel will address: How are courts interpreting fiduciary duties in light of longevity risks and ESG considerations?
This program brings together leading practitioners to unpack the latest developments in employment and labour law. From the enforceability of termination clauses, to the boundaries of “just cause” in cases of innocent absenteeism, this webinar explores how courts across Canada are redefining fairness and good faith in the termination process.
Join leading experts as they explore how employers and unions can design and enforce effective AI policies that safeguard confidentiality, ensure compliance, and maintain trust and accountability in an evolving digital landscape. How are AI tools (e.g. Chat GPT, Copilot, Gemini, DALL-E) being used by employees and employers?
Sexual harassment and sexual violence allegations raise complex legal, human rights, and workplace challenges for both employers and unions. This webinar provides a practical examination of the duties that arise when concerns are raised, from receiving a complaint through investigation, resolution, and workplace restoration.
Gain practical guidance on family status accommodation in Ontario. This webinar examines evolving case law, caregiving obligations, accommodation requirements, and real-world workplace scenarios affecting employers, unions, HR professionals, and legal practitioners.
Gain practical guidance on family status accommodation in British Columbia. This webinar examines evolving case law, caregiving responsibilities, accommodation obligations, and real-world workplace scenarios affecting employers, unions, HR professionals, and legal practitioners.
Learn how employers, unions, HR professionals, and legal practitioners can respond effectively to workplace discrimination and harassment. Explore discipline, ADR options, investigations, legal remedies, and evolving workplace obligations.
Develop a practical understanding of workplace investigations and the legal principles that guide them. Explore investigation procedures, union involvement, disclosure requirements, investigator selection, and best practices for conducting fair and effective investigations.
Develop practical skills for interpreting collective agreements with confidence. Explore key rules of interpretation, contextual analysis, past practice, negotiating history, statutory rights, and recent arbitration developments affecting unionized workplaces.
Develop practical skills for conducting thorough and effective post-incident investigations. Learn how to gather evidence, interview witnesses, identify root causes, document findings, and implement corrective actions that strengthen workplace safety and compliance.
Explore the legal and practical challenges of workplace impairment, including substance use, fitness-for-duty assessments, accommodation obligations, drug and alcohol testing, privacy concerns, and disciplinary responses in safety-sensitive workplaces.
Advances in technology and evolving workplace operations will require the modernization of collective agreements. This webinar will prepare attendees to address emerging issues in the workplace, such as artificial intelligence (“AI”) and remote work, during bargaining. Specifically, the panel will answer the following questions:
What aspects of the use of AI, such as algorithmic management, should be addressed through bargaining and collective agreement language? Do standard “technological change” provisions effectively address concerns about the impact of AI on the workforce?
Gain practical guidance on managing gambling, technology, and pornography addictions in the workplace. Learn how employers and unions can balance accommodation, privacy, discipline, and human rights obligations while responding to complex workplace challenges.
In this webinar, attendees will examine guiding legal principles and best practices during the pre-hearing stage. Specifically, speakers will address the following questions: How should parties assess the merits of a case and determine whether arbitration is appropriate or a settlement is feasible. When will mediation be indicated?
Learn best practices for conducting fair, effective, and trauma-informed workplace investigations involving mental health concerns. Explore procedural fairness, psychological safety, trauma-informed interviewing, accommodation, workplace harassment, and legal compliance.
Gain practical guidance on requesting medical information for workplace accommodation, leaves of absence, and return-to-work planning. Learn how to balance privacy rights, accommodation obligations, and legal compliance.
Gain practical guidance on the human rights, privacy, and equity challenges created by AI in the workplace. Learn how employers and unions can assess risks, manage compliance, and develop fair and legally defensible AI practices.
