August 1, 2023
Poisoned work environments can harm employee wellbeing, decimate productivity, drive valuable employees to seek alternative employment, and expose employers to potential liabilities. In this panel, experts will examine employer and union responsibilities in identifying and repairing poisoned workplaces. Specifically, panelists will address:
- What constitutes a poisoned work environment? How does workplace culture shape a poisonous work environment?
- What steps should unions and employers take in response to employee allegations of a poisoned workplace?
- What restorative actions can employers and unions take in response to allegations of a poisoned work environment in a virtual or hybrid setting?
- When have adjudicators awarded damages to employees of a poisoned workplace?
- What key terms should be included in workplace harassment policies?
- What measures can employers and unions implement to ensure a safe and respectful workplace?
CPD
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.
