The 29th Annual Saskatchewan Labour Law Review (conference video)

 

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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 Saskatchewan.

TOPICS COVERED:

Session 1: Saskatchewan Labour Law Update 

Ashton Butler and Marcus Davies (morning of October 24)

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

Session 2: Three Labour Law Topics

Robert Frost-Hinz and Shannon Whyley (afternoon of October 24)

Workplace Defamation: When employers, unions and employees trash each other publicly

  • Statements made by employers, unions and employees about each other
  • The legal framework adjudicators use in assessing defamation claims
  • The appropriate forum – where does the dispute belong? 
  • The key case law update  

Innocent Frustration: Non-culpable endings to the employment relationship

  • Frustration for medical/health reasons: What is non-culpable termination?
  • Can the exhaustion of LTD/benefit plans lead to employment termination?
  • Can the refusal to get vaccinated justify an employee termination?
  • The current law on attendance-management policies
  • Are deemed-termination clauses allowable?

What an ageism-free workplace looks like

  • Human rights and the end of mandatory retirement
  • Traps and pitfalls: Common legal mistakes employers make
  • Union representation of older workers
  • Workplace age ceilings for benefits and pensions: Are they legal?
  • Ensuring an age-friendly workplace: Policies and practices that work

Session 3:  Accommodation Update

Susan Barber and Heather Robertson (morning of October 25)

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

Anne Wallace (Chair), Michael Phillips and Keir Vallance (afternoon of October 25) 

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

Total viewing time: 10 hours 24 min

Includes Virtual Binder with 144 pages of indepth coverage of all topics

PRESENTERS

Susan Barber, K.C. – Employer Counsel, McDougall Gauley
Ashton Butler – Employer Counsel, MLT Aikins 
Marcus Davies – Union Counsel, Buettner Davies Law
Robert Frost-Hinz – Employer Counsel, MLT Aikins
Michael Phillips – Employer Counsel, McDougall Gauley
Heather Robertson – Union Counsel, Gerrand Rath Johnson
Keir Vallance – Union Counsel, Bainbridge Jodouin Cheecham
Anne Wallace, K.C. – Labour Arbitrator and Mediator
Shannon Whyley – Union Counsel, Whyley Legal Counsel & Labour Relations

TUITION for video/binder package

Registration for the video/binder package includes the 144-page conference binder (in PDF format) and a video of all conference proceedings (10 hours 24 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.