Agenda This session will offer a practical review of the legal steps and positive actions to manage the below listed potential Human Resources risks. Understanding the law and allowable responses will help prevent disruption, financial losses and help control costs. This session will address: Data Breach: “Our manager just lost a suitcase full of personal…
Training & Events
From accredited continuing legal education programs to special interest sessions for our clients and invited friends, Hicks Morley's conferences and events offer valuable insight into topical issues important to your business and your professional growth.
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Workplace Investigation Training – Hospitality
June 13, 2013Join your colleagues in this session designed specifically for the Hospitality Industry. This workshop focuses on essential investigation skills required by HR Professionals in the Hospitality Industry who are charged with investigating workplace incidents. Whether it is a case of employee theft, the results of a Mystery Shopper report, harassment or discrimination allegations among employees,…
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Unjust dismissal complaints under the Canada Labour Code are unique. Although they involve some of the familiar trappings of labour arbitrations and court cases, the preliminary issues involved, process followed, and potential outcomes are different. It is crucial for in-house counsel to know how unjust dismissal complaints work in practice in order to develop the…
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Workplace Investigation Training – London
May 30, 2013This workshop focuses on essential investigation skills required by HR Professionals and In-House Counsel who are charged with investigating workplace incidents. Attendance at this session will include a detailed manual entitled, “Hicks Morley’s Guide to Conducting Investigations into Workplace Complaints”. Fee $750.00 plus $97.50 HST (13%), totaling $847.50 per person. Agenda 8:00 Registration and Continental…
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Workplace Investigation Training
May 23, 2013This workshop focuses on essential investigation skills required by HR Professionals and In-House Counsel who are charged with investigating workplace incidents. Attendance at this session will include a detailed manual entitled, “Hicks Morley’s Guide to Conducting Investigations into Workplace Complaints”. Fee $750.00 plus $97.50 HST (13%), totalling $847.50 per person. Agenda 8:00 Registration and Continental…
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This session will feature a facilitated discussion on data breach response. Questions addressed will include: The team. Who’s on it? Who plays what role? When to engage outside experts? Assessment. What degree of ambiguity should be tolerated? How much time to assess is justifiable? Internal communication. How broad a privilege to carve out? How to…
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This session will provide in-house counsel with an in-depth view of the legal, strategic and ethical considerations in the effective use of expert evidence in litigation. The Legal Test It is essential to understand why, for what purposes, and in what contexts expert evidence is admissible. The first portion of the session will canvass the…
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The purpose of this session is to provide in-house counsel with an understanding of the duties and responsibilities of senior management under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and the Criminal Code, as well as an understanding of how to respond after accidents. The internal responsibility system will be reviewed with particular focus on…
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Pay Equity: The Ongoing Challenges (Accredited)
April 3, 2013The purpose of this session is to provide both senior human resources professionals and in-house counsel with a refresher and update on pay equity maintenance issues; new issues arising at the Pay Equity Commission; implications for collective bargaining; as well as an update on recent jurisprudence relating to the pay equity obligations of employers. The…
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This session will provide in-house counsel with an overview of the key issues they need to know about the duty of good faith in the context of employment law, contract law, and business law. The Duty of Good Faith in the Manner of Dismissal An understanding of the duty of good faith in the…