The WSIB return-to-work process is complex. Employers must navigate multiple issues such as meeting return-to-work obligations, managing claim costs and addressing potential concurrent employment law issues.
Accreditation Type: LSO CPD
Attendance Management Training Workshop
Employee absenteeism is one of the most challenging issues an employer faces. From administering an attendance management plan, to dealing with chronic absenteeism, to terminating an employee’s employment for failure to report to work, employers are often treading cautiously so as not to infringe on an employee’s privacy or human rights.
Practical Considerations for HRTO Litigation
Employers and service providers must be strategic with respect to procedural practices and tendencies at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Join Sean Reginio & Mornelle Lee on May 13 for tips on the best ways to navigate HRTO proceedings.
Ensuring Your Mediation is a Success
Mediation is becoming an ever-present fixture in all forms of employment advocacy, whether it be in civil litigation or in matters before boards and tribunals. It is a critical stage in the litigation process. As such, it is important to take a holistic approach to the mediation process, one that does not focus on just the mediation itself.
Accommodating Mental Health in the Workplace: Advanced Accommodation Principles
Managing mental health issues in the workplace poses a considerable challenge to employers, who are often required to navigate difficult questions around employee privacy, employment preferences, and workplace rules and expectations with the duty to accommodate.
Workplace Investigation Training Workshop: Applying What You Know (Part 2)
This session will begin with a brief overview of workplace investigation best practices. We will then turn our attention to an interactive exercise in which attendees will have the opportunity to use what they learned in Part 1 to develop and hone their skills.
Workplace Investigation Training Workshop: Investigation Fundamentals and Best Practices (Part 1)
The session will include instructional components, video demonstrations and discussion regarding strategies to deal with issues that can arise when conducting investigations. Attendees will receive a detailed digital manual entitled, “Hicks Morley’s Guide to Conducting Investigations into Workplace Complaints.”
WSIB Mental Stress Claims: Building on the Fundamentals and Best Practices for Resolving Claims
WSIB claims for mental stress conditions pose unique challenges for employers. Join us as we discuss best practices for effectively managing mental stress claims, with a view to mitigating costs and working toward successful resolution of claims in the workplace. In this workshop, we will explore and build on the fundamentals of mental stress claims by addressing topics
Duty to Accommodate Workshop
In this hands-on, interactive workshop, we will review the tools needed to address and manage disability and accommodation issues in the workplace.