The 28th Annual BC Labour Law Review (video on demand)
Couldn’t make the live conference in February?
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 BC.
SAMPLE VIDEO CLIP
TOPICS COVERED:
Session 1: BC Labour Law Update
Craig Bavis and Maggie Campbell (morning of February 15) (2 h 36 min)
A review of new BC labour arbitration awards, human rights decisions and BC Labour Relations Board cases and their impact on BC unions and employers.
Session 2: Four Labour Law Topics
Lynsey Gaudin and Jitesh Mistry (afternoon of February 15) (2 h 6 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)
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The employee's duty of fidelity
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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 of harassment
- 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
Sara Hanson and Donovan Plomp (morning of February 16) (2 h 29 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
John McConchie (Chair), Tamara Ramusovic and Andrea Zwack (afternoon of February 16) (1 h 25 min)
Union and management counsel answer your questions on labour law issues.
Total viewing enjoyment: 8 hours 36 min
Virtual binder: 138 pages covering all topics
PRESENTERS
Craig Bavis – Union Counsel, Victory Square Law Office
Maggie Campbell – Employer Counsel, Roper Greyell
Lynsey Gaudin – Employer Counsel, MLT Aikins
Sara Hanson – Union Counsel, Moore Edgar Lyster
John McConchie – Labour Arbitrator and Mediator, McConchie & Company
Jitesh Mistry – General Counsel, BC General Employees’ Union
Donovan Plomp – Employer Counsel, McCarthy Tetrault
Tamara Ramusovic – Union Counsel, Moore Edgar Lyster
Andrea Zwack – Employer Counsel, Gall Legge Grant Zwack
TUITION for Video/Binder package
Registration for the video/binder package includes the 138-page conference binder (in PDF format) and a video of all conference proceedings (8 hours 36 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.