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AUDIO
CONFERENCE
Labour in the Courts: Major case law update
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Playback: Monday, April 27, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT |
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| WHERE: |
Your
own office or boardroom |
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| MODERATOR: |
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Pamela Chapman
Arbitrator/Mediator |
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| SPEAKERS: |
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Pat Nugent
Union Counsel
Chivers Carpenter |
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Robert Sider
Employer Counsel
Lawson Lundell |
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ISSUES:
Lancaster House brings you a special audio edition of our perennially popular Major Case Law Update. Leading labour and management counsel will discuss the most significant court decisions of the past year dealing with critical issues in labour and employment law, as well as what's coming up for determination during the current year.
Cases to be discussed include the following:
- The limits of the employer's duty to accommodate: Hydro-Quebec v. Syndicat des employé-e-s de techniques professionnelles et de bureau d'Hydro-Québec, section locale 2000 (SCFP-FTQ) (Supreme Court of Canada)
- Damage awards for mistreatment of employees: Honda Canada Inc. v. Keays (Supreme Court of Canada); Piresferreira v. Ayotte (Ontario Superior Court of Justice)
- The legality of mandatory retirement under bona fide pension plans: New Brunswick (Human Rights Commission) v. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (Supreme Court of Canada)
- The changing standard of proof in labour arbitration cases: F.H. v. McDougall (Supreme Court of Canada)
- The expanding meaning of freedom of association in the Charter of Rights: Confédération des syndicats nationaux v. Québec (Procureur général) (Quebec Superior Court); Fraser v. Ontario (Ontario Court of Appeal)
- The new rules for judicial review and due process: Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick (Supreme Court of Canada)
- Panelists will alert listeners to the issues involved in employment and labour law cases which will be heard and decided imminently by the Supreme Court of Canada.
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| Q
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Gather
your colleagues around a speakerphone in your own office or boardroom. Have the
opportunity to ask questions in the Question & Answer portions of the sessions.
An additional 15 minutes will be added at the end of the session for those who
wish to continue with Q & A. |
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| MATERIALS: |
Valuable,
up-to-date materials and case summaries will be available for downloading from
our website. |
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| REGISTRATION
FEE: |
$195,
plus GST (Registrations must be paid in advance of the audio conference).
Registration costs are per listening site/telephone, so you can have any number
of people listening at your location for one low price. Click here for registration information. |
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| CDs: |
Audio conference CDs, including a PDF copy of the materials from the conference, are available for $175 + GST per conference ($75 + GST for registrants). Click here to order. |
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| REGISTRATION
INFORMATION: |
When you register,
you'll be given a toll-free number to dial at the time of the
session and an access code to join the call. For additional program and registration information,
call Lancaster House at 416-977-6618 or register now. |
