Couldn’t make the live conference in April?

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 Alberta.

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SAMPLE VIDEO CLIP

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TOPICS COVERED:

Session 1: Alberta Labour Law Update 

Damon Bailey and Kristan McLeod (morning of April 19) (2 h 34 min)

A review of new Alberta labour arbitration awards, human rights decisions and Alberta Labour Relations Board cases and their impact on Alberta unions and employers.  

Session 2: Four Labour Law Topics 

Dana Christianson and Joyce Mitchell (afternoon of April 19) (2 h 31 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

Dan Scott and Jean Torrens (morning of April 20) (2 h 39 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

Mark Asbell (Chair), Chantel Kassongo and Natalia Makuch (afternoon of April 20) (1 h 21 m)

Union and management counsel answer your questions on labour law issues. 

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Total viewing enjoyment: 9 hours 5 min

Virtual binder: 133 pages covering all topics

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PRESENTERS

Mark Asbell, K.C. -- Arbitrator, Mediator, and Adjudicator, Asbell Dispute Resolutions Inc
Damon Bailey, K.C. -- Employer Counsel, McLennan Ross
Dana Christianson -- Union Counsel, Seveny Scott
Chantel Kassongo, K.C. -- Employer Counsel, Neuman Thompson
Natalia Makuch -- Union Counsel, Chivers Carpenter
Kristan McLeod -- Union Counsel, Chivers Carpenter
Joyce Mitchell, K.C. -- Employer Counsel, McLennan Ross
Dan Scott, K.C. -- Union Counsel, Seveny Scott
Jean Torrens -- Employer Counsel, MLT Aikins

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TUITION for Video/Binder package

Registration for the video/binder package includes the 133-page conference binder (in PDF format) and a video of all conference proceedings (9 hours 5 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.