The 28th Annual Manitoba Labour Law Review (video on demand)
Couldn’t make the live conference in November?
ORDER THE VIDEO/BINDER PACKAGE and stay on top of the year’s most important new developments in labour law for unions and unionized employers in Manitoba.
SAMPLE VIDEO CLIP
TOPICS COVERED:
Session 1: Manitoba Labour Law Update
Cindy Lazar & Fred Thiessen (morning of November 15) (2 h 28 min)
A review of new Manitoba labour arbitration awards, human rights decisions and Manitoba Labour Board cases and their impact on Manitoba unions and employers.
Session 2: Four Labour Law Topics
Keith LaBossiere & Dayna Steinfeld (afternoon of November 15) (2 h 32 min)
Workplace Privacy: Reasonable Expectations and Unreasonable Intrusions
- Electronic performance monitoring: New technologies, new cases
- Drug and alcohol testing: A review of the rules
- Evolving jurisprudence (and science) on recreational cannabis use
- Data and devices: Employee privacy interests related to work devices
- Privacy at arbitration: When privacy interests outweigh the open court principle
- Employee privacy rights re: vaccines/disclosing vaccination status
Key Employee Duties in the Workplace (and what happens when they are breached)
- The employee's duty of fidelity
- The work-now-grieve-later rule
- The duty to cooperate in the accommodation process
- The duty to mitigate losses
​Sexual Harassment and Assault in the Workplace: Tougher Laws, Better Practices
- Promoting a harassment-free workplace: What the law requires
- Higher damage awards: What the courts are awarding victims of workplace assault
- No damage awards: The courts are denying wrongful dismissal suits by employees accused
- Practical policies that change workplace culture
Racial Discrimination in the Workplace: Higher Legal Expectations on Employers
- Higher damage awards: The new direction of the courts
- The evolving definition of racism: what every employer has to know
- Avoiding lawsuits through better workplace practices and policies
Session 3: Accommodation Update
Shandra Czarnecki & Bill Sumerlus (morning of November 16) (2 h 37 min)
A review of important new accommodation cases from across Canada that offer valuable takeaways for unions and employers handling accommodation cases
Session 4: Ask a Labour Lawyer
Tracey Epp & Bill Sumerlus (afternoon of November 16) (1 h 35 m)
Union and management counsel answer your questions on labour law issues.
Total viewing enjoyment: 9 hours 12 min
Virtual binder: 123 pages covering all topics
PRESENTERS
Shandra Czarnecki – Employer Counsel, MLT Aikins
Tracey Epp, K.C. – Employer Counsel, Pitblado Law
Keith LaBossiere, K.C. – Labour Law Counsel, Thompson Dorfman Sweatman
Cynthia Lazar – Employer Counsel, Taylor McCaffrey
Dayna Steinfeld – Union Counsel, RavenLaw
William Sumerlus – Union Counsel, Winnipeg
Fred Thiessen – Union Counsel, Gange Collins
TUITION for Video/Binder package
Registration for the video/binder package includes the 123-page conference binder (in PDF format) and a video of all conference proceedings (9 hours 12 minutes) with 30-day password access.
Individual: $795 (plus $39.75 GST = $834.75)
Group (3+ each): $745 (plus $37.25 GST = $782.25)
Super Group (7+ each): $695 (plus $34.75 GST = $729.75)
Mega Group (15+ each): $645 (plus $32.25 = $677.25)
To qualify for group rates, individuals must be from the same organization, or union local, AND register together at the same time. Individuals registering separately will not qualify for group rates.