On-Demand Webinars: Employment Law

Employment law webinars focus on the law and issues governing the employer-employee relationship. Webinars explore the impacts of federal and provincial statutes, regulations, boards and ministries on management, unions and employees. Examine the rights and obligations of employers and employees, as well as labour relations in unionized settings.

• Bill 160: Making Sense of Ontario`s New H&S Prevention Amendments
  Employment lawyers specializing in health and safety law will discuss the current landscape of Ontario occupational health and safety law and the development of the new amendments contained in Bill 160. The new amendments will have significant effects for employers so make sure your organization is prepared.
• Bill 168: Assessing the Risks of Violence in the Workplace
  Under Bill 168, employers are required to assess the risks of violence that may arise from the nature of the workplace, the type of work or the conditions of work. Measures and procedures to control these risks must then be developed as part of the workplace violence program. This webinar will help participants to better understand these new requirements and will provide an opportunity to explore specific approaches and tools available for identifying risk factors, conducting risk assessments and identifying opportunities for integrating control measures into existing OHS programs.
• Bill 168: Human Resources Policies to Address
  This webinar is a practical presentation of the policies and amendments to existing policies that address the new requirements of Bill 168 changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The webinar also addresses the new definition, processes and policies that each employer in Ontario will have to include within its workplace policies. The webinar also discusses key policy drafting issues that promote Bill 168 compliance by June 15, 2010.
• Bill 168: Violence and Harassment in the Workplace
  Canadian HR Reporter hosted a practical, how-to panel discussion on what employers need to do to prepare for Bill 168, Ontario’s comprehensive new workplace violence and harassment legislation. The webinar walks you through the key points of the legislation and discusses what you need to do to ensure your organization is compliant when the new laws kick in on June 15, 2010. It also takes a look at similar legislation across the country, and looks at best practices for organizations in complying with workplace violence and harassment legislation
• Bill 168: Violence in the Workplace and Investigation Under the Bill
  The presentation addresses key points of the investigation process with reference to the new legislative requirements, particularly and employer’s duties under the work refusal process under the OSHA, which now apply to violence and harassment matters.
• Collective Bargaining Basics for Employers
  How to prepare for and conduct an effective round of collective bargaining. This webinar will discuss strategies relating to the negotiation of either first or renewal collective agreements
• Compliance Under the New Foreign Worker Regulations
  Recent changes to immigration policy and processing rules require Human Resource professionals to be informed and vigilant. The refinement of the intra company transfer criteria has clearly had a detrimental impact on this key temporary worker processing category. New strategies are necessary to ensure predictability and success.
• Constructive Dismissal: Dead or Alive?
  The nature of constructive dismissal in the wake of Evans v. Teamsters Local Union No.
• Critical Developments in Employment Law: What Employers Need to Know
  Not keeping abreast of what’s happening in employment law can be costly to an employer, both financially and in terms of reputation. Don’t be caught off-guard!
• Employer Liability: When Reckless Disregard for Safety Becomes Criminal
  What you should know about Bill C-45, the federal legislation that opens the door for criminal charges in the wake of workplace accidents.
• Family Status and the Duty to Accommodate
  A look at what types of family status must be accommodated in this ever-changing area of employment law.
• Foreign Workers and Immigration Rules
  Employers have a limited window of opportunity to prepare for changes to the Foreign Worker Regulations, which will be effective April 1, 2011. These changes include new factors for determining what is considered to be a “Genuine Job Offer.” The new criteria is applied when considering a particular application and will be applied to all other job offers made to foreign workers in the two year period prior to April 1, 2011.
• Hiring and Firing Foreign Workers
  Companies are bringing foreign workers to Canada in increasing numbers. While most foreign workers come to Canada for short assignments, many have the expectation of becoming Permanent Residents. What are the steps that must be taken to bring a foreign worker to Canada? Who qualifies to be a foreign worker? What are the pitfalls and traps employers must take into consideration when dealing with foreign workers? Our webinar will examine the immigration and employment issues that must be addressed.
• Holiday Parties: Dos and Don'ts for Employers
  The holiday season is just around the corner and, for many employers, planning for the annual holiday party is in full swing. But while “’tis the season to be jolly,” it is important that an employer, as it plans its workplace holiday festivities, also plans for the safe arrival home of every guest who attends.
• Immigration Update
  Overview of Proposed Immigration Regulation changes and impact on employers and temporary foreign workers including updates of temporary status issues, work permits and labour market opinions, processing delays and port of entry issues
  Permanent residence: categories, strategies, policy and regulatory changes and maintaining permanent residence and outbound transfers.
• Imposing Discipline in the Workplace
  Employee misconduct can happen in all workplaces, whether unionized or not. Do you know the best way to handle it? Join employment lawyer James Knight as he discusses types of workplace discipline and best practices for using it effectively.
• Labour Injunctions
  This webinar will discuss strategies for managing picketing activity during a labour interruption.
• Managing Employee Leaves
  Managing employee leaves is an often complex and challenging task which, when not handled properly, can expose employers to significant risk.
• Managing Employee Terminations
  Dismissing employees is never easy, regardless of the reason. HR professionals are the ones on the front lines that have to deal not only with the legal aspects of terminations, but also with the practical aspects of letting someone go. Make sure you have all the information you need to deal with this challenging part of HR’s responsibilities.
• Mediation Tactics That Will Help You Solve Your Case
  Learn tips on how to get the best deal for the company? Should you have more than one mediation? How to select the right mediator for the right file? Learn why mediations are sometimes unsuccessful in reaching a deal. This live webinar will provide participants with practical mediation tactics that will help solve employer cases
• Occupational Health & Safety Update - Your Regulatory Obligations and Defense Strategies
  This webinar provides an update on the latest in enforcement.
  Panelists will provide a review of your obligations under the Act as well as strategies on how to defend complaints.
  Included is the overview of the Occupational Health & Safety Act, power of the inspector, prosecutions and appeals.
• Recent Trends in Developing Severance Packages
  This session covers a range of topics including structuring severance packages, dealing with benefits and perks (including stock options, car allowances, vacation entitlements) and providing references, among others.
• Structuring Termination and Severance Packages
  In this hour long session, Tom Gorsky and Sundeep Gokhale of Sherrard Kuzz LLP will focus on how to best structure termination and severance packages to minimize liability.
• The Importance of Employment Contracts — Avoiding Legal Pitfalls
  In this hour long session, Shana Ivall French and Sundeep Gokhale of Sherrard Kuzz LLP will discuss the importance of well-drafted contracts for employees and independent contractors, and discuss steps to ensure your contracts are effective, enforceable and drafted in a way to protect your business
• Union Organizing - Tips, Traps and Proactive Employer Strategies
  As traditionally “union heavy” industries diminish, Canadian unions are actively employing new and more aggressive strategies to shore up their membership numbers.
  Union-free employers that wish to stay that way must educate themselves on the union organizing process, the risks to their workplace and proactive strategies to both avoid and address a union organizing campaign.