With the first official day of spring behind us, we are pleased to provide our Spring 2017 edition of Reaching Out. Chuck Hofley and Siobhan O’Brien, both from our Ottawa office, have set out some useful tips for those of you about to enter into collective bargaining…
Practice Area: Human Rights
2017 Federal Budget Released
On March 22, 2017, the federal government tabled its 2017 Budget, Building A Strong Middle Class (#Budget2017)…
Attendance Management Training Workshop
This one-day interactive workshop focuses on fundamental legal principles relating to attendance management and will provide tips on drafting a successful attendance management plan (registration fee – $780.00 plus $101.40 HST (13%), totalling $881.40 per person).
Ontario Human Rights Commission Publishes Inquiry Report on Sexual & Gender-Based Dress Codes
One year after releasing a new policy on sexualized and gender-specific dress codes, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (Commission) has released findings from its inquiry into related practices at certain large restaurant chains operating in the province. Learn more about it in this FTR Now…
Twenty-Sixth Annual Police Employment Conference – Emerging Issues and Legal Developments
Topics Use of Force, Accommodation, and Undue Hardship Can a police officer without her use of force be accommodated in policing? What accommodation options are available in larger and smaller services? What evidence would be necessary to demonstrate that accommodation is possible? What evidence would be necessary to demonstrate that accommodation would be undue hardship?…
Canadian University Boards Association (CUBA) Annual Conference
Award winning author Lawrence Hill, author of Blackberry Sweet Juice, The Illegal, and Book of Negroes, will deliver a keynote address exploring themes of diversity and inclusion. Panels and sessions that follow will include practical ways for Boards and Secretariats to put these important themes into action. In addition to the keynote theme, sessions will…
HIDC: High Incidence Disabilities in Higher Education Conference
The Assessment and Resource Centres of Ontario (ARC’s: RARC and NOARC) are very excited to bring another High Incidence Disabilities Conference at the newly renovated Marriott Courtyard hotel in downtown Toronto. The two day event will include several well respected and prominent keynote speakers in the fields of mental health, learning disabilities, and ADHD as…
Advantage CPD: The Human Rights Horizon: Navigating the Road Ahead
Human rights issues arise on a daily basis in the workplace, yet they are increasingly more complex and challenging to manage – let alone litigate…
FTR Quarterly – Issue 4, Volume 1
This issue features articles on; Human Resources Trends and Issues to Watch in 2017, the Top 10 Developments in Human Resources Law in 2016 and the Featured Lawyer is Amy R. Tibble…
HRPA Peterborough Chapter’s Annual Employment Law Event: Starting 2017 Off Right
Hear all about the latest employment law updates from our legal partners in Peterborough and the GTA. There will be a one hour open panel discussion with the lawyers where attendees will be able to ask their top questions and hear expert legal advice! Topics Recent Tribunal Decision: A Human Rights Update Corporate Email Privacy Law…