EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS: NON-COMPLIANCE IS MORE COSTLY THAN EVER BEFORE

• The ESA – to whom in your organization does it apply?
• Record keeping – what are your obligations?
• Hours of Work, Overtime, Leaves of Absence, Termination and Severance of Employment – are you in compliance?
• Excess Hours of Work Applications and Overtime Averaging – strategies to achieve cost savings.
• Complaints and Enforcement – what is the latest?

Planning For The Next Pandemic:
A Proactive Approach For Employers

• What is a pandemic, and what threats does it pose for employers and employees in Ontario?
• Update on Avian Influenza
• What are governments doing to prepare for an influenza pandemic?
• Lessons learned from the SARS outbreak in 2003, and other disruptive events
• What should employers be doing, as a component of business continuity planning (BCP), to prepare for a pandemic?
• What are employers’/employees’ workplace rights and obligations in the event that a pandemic spreads to Canada?

Biometrics– The New Frontier
Employers today face unprecedented challenges reconciling security, safety and privacy issues with the overarching objective of running a business. Important issues include:

• The permissibility of background checks
• The impact that bio-screening and palm and retinal scans will have on the workplace
• What courts, arbitrators and Privacy Commissioners are saying about privacy rights in the context of employment screening

Bill 211: Mandatory Retirement Ends - Implications and Proactive Solutions

• Legal implications for employers in Ontario
• Impact on defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans
• Managing the older worker: performance evaluation, termination of employment and reasonable accommodation
• Employment policies and practices: compensation, benefits and training
• Implications for company culture

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