Overview Mental wellbeing in the workforce has been one of the greatest continual challenges for employers across Canada and is especially difficult in this current uncertain environment. Employers must ensure they are up to date on their legal obligations and are following best practices to minimize their risk. What are the critical mental health issues…
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Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC): 2021 Virtual Labour Relations Seminar
Topics Staffing – What is the Significance of the Sudbury Artbitration Managing the Fire Service in the Age of COVID Bargaining Update Labour Relation 101 – Workshop Diversity – Diversity/Trans Gender in the Fire Service – Transgender Focus Presentation – Fire Chief Award Top 10 Legal Trends of 2020 Social Connections Matter – Coping with…
“Legal Implications and Management of First Responder Mental Health Issues” Global Paramedic Leadership Mental Health Summit
OsgoodePD 6th Annual Mental Health Law for Children and Youth
Overview This OsgoodePD program brings together legal, healthcare, mental health and education professionals for a comprehensive one-day update on the essential, current and emerging issues, together with practical legal advice on how to deal with them. The discussion will also include strategies on how community partners can work together to face these challenges Topics: What…
Ontario Human Rights Commission Releases New Inquiry Report on Post-Secondary Student Mental Health Accommodations
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (Commission) has released an Inquiry Report regarding its inquiry into the systemic barriers facing post-secondary students with mental health disabilities entitled “With Learning in Mind.” Find out more about the Commission’s initiative and its impact on Colleges and Universities in this FTR Now…
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act Amended to Allow Benefit Entitlement for Chronic Mental Stress
The government’s budget implementation legislation, Bill 127, Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act, recently received Royal Assent. Bill 127 includes amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (WSIA) to allow entitlement to chronic mental stress for workplace injuries that occur on or after January 1, 2018. Previously, subsections 13(4) and (5) of the WSIA and…
George Vuicic Quoted in OHS Canada on Seasonal Affective Disorder
Hicks Morley’s George Vuicic is quoted in the December 14, 2016 OHS Canada article titled “Dark Days.” The article describes the adverse affect seasonal affective disorder (SAD) can have on employee well-being and productivity at work…
Long-Term Care Training Workshop: Disability Accommodation
This is a hands-on intensive workshop designed to provide frontline HR Professionals in the long-term care sector with the tools needed to address and manage accommodation issues…
Frontiers of Human Rights in Canadian Workplaces
In Canada, as in other industrialized countries, mental ill health accounts for a very significant and growing share of days lost due to absenteeism and lost productivity.
Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs (OAPC) Annual Labour Relations Update
Topic “Update on EMS Collective Bargaining Trends In Ontario” “Accommodating Mental Health Issues in the Workplace and PTSD Amendments to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 “