The 30th Annual BC Labour Law Review (in-person or livestream) (Vancouver)

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The 30th Annual BC Labour Law Review (in-person or livestream)

The year's top labour law developments and their impact on BC unions and employers

Vancouver
March 5 & 6, 2025
Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront


Attend this annual conference where BC unions and employers catch up on new developments in labour law and their impact on the unionized workplace


Attend the conference in person or order the livestream/binder package

When you register for this conference, you can choose to attend the live conference in person, or watch a livestream of the conference with playback option that includes the virtual binder in PDF format.


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5

Registration: 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

MORNING SESSION (8:30 to 12:00)
Kas Pavanantharajah and Donovan Plomp 

Accommodation Update

A review of important new accommodation cases from across Canada that offer valuable takeaways for unions and employers handling accommodation cases


AFTERNOON SESSION (1:15 to 4:30)
Tamara Rusovic and Virginie Vigeant

Understanding the Procedural Duty to Accommodate

  • Distinguishing the procedural from the substantive duty
  • The duty to inquire, and what it means
  • The duty to investigate, and what it means
  • Remedies for breach of the procedural duty

Hands off my work! Current issues in contracting out/in

  • "Contracting out" and "contracting in" defined
  • Common collective agreement limits on contracting out
  • The implied restriction on contracting-in
  • Whose employee is it?
  • Agency workers and the "true employer" analysis

The Critical Role of Safety in the Workplace

  • What does "safety-sensitive" mean?
  • Safety and discipline
  • Safety and accommodation
  • Safety and drug-testing
  • The employer's duty to provide a safe workplace
  • The right to refuse unsafe work

THURSDAY, MARCH 6

MORNING SESSION (8:30 to 12:00)
Craig Bavis and Maggie Campbell

BC Labour Law Update

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. 

AFTERNOON SESSION (1:15 to 3:00)
John McConchie (Chair), Vincent Johnson and Union Counsel

Ask a Labour Lawyer

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


PRESENTERS INCLUDE

Craig Bavis – Union Counsel, Victory Square Law Office
Maggie Campbell – Employer Counsel, Roper Greyell
Vincent Johnston – Employer Counsel, Harris & Company
John McConchie – Labour Arbitrator and Mediator, McConchie & Company
Kas Pavanantharajah – Union Counsel, Black Burke Mayor
Donovan Plomp – Employer Counsel, McCarthy Tetrault
Tamara Ramusovic – Union Counsel, Moore Edgar Lyster
Virginie Vigeant – Employer Counsel, Mathews Dinsdale & Clark


HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

Special guestroom rates starting at $269 (standard, single/double plus taxes) have been arranged for registrants at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront, 1133 W Hastings Street, in downtown Vancouver.

Phone hotel reservation directly at 1-844-697-2869 or 1-604-689-9211 and ask for the group rate for "The BC Labour Law Review." Reserve early as availability is limited.

The Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront is a unionized hotel.

BOOK ONLINE


TUITION

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.

Registration to attend in person includes access to the two-day conference, the virtual binder in PDF format, continental breakfast and refreshments. 

Registration for the livestream includes the virtual binder in PDF format and a link to watch the livestream of the conference in real time (with playback option for 30 days). 


PAYMENT TERMS: Payment must be received before conference or access to livestream/video/binder.

CANCELLATIONS must be in writing and received by February 27 in order to qualify for a refund.  Cancellations after February 27 will not qualify for a refund.  

SUBSTITUTIONS may be made at any time.

 

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