In this webinar, panelists will examine recent cases and legislative updates impacting employees in the healthcare sector. Topics to be addressed in the session and materials include:

• Recent decisions regarding the enforceability of wage restraint legislation;
• Noteworthy interest arbitration decisions addressing factors such as inflation and staffing and recruitment;
• Recently negotiated collective agreements in the healthcare sector and emerging trends in collective agreement clauses;
• Trends in healthcare privatization and recent legislation introduced in several provinces restructuring the organization and delivery of healthcare services;
• Recent Labour Board decisions addressing illegal strike activity, statutory freeze violations, and contracting out and the use of agency workers;
• Noteworthy grievance arbitration decisions addressing key workplace issues such as discrimination and discipline; and
• Legislative and other government initiatives aimed at addressing staff shortages, recruitment and retention, and burnout in the healthcare sector.
• What do arbitrators in the healthcare sector have to say about:
  • Staffing shortages;
  • Use of agency workers;
  • Recruitment and retention;
  • Inflation;
  • Contracting out;
  • Mandatory vaccination;
  • Burnout;
  • Abuse of residence; and
  • Assaults on staff.

Final selection of topics will take place in the weeks prior to the webinar, ensuring coverage of the latest and most significant developments.