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The Ontario Employment Law Conference is the best opportunity for employers to Learn the Latest about recent changes to HR compliance and return to work requirements due to COVID-19.

9:00 A.M

Welcome and Conference Opening


9:05 A.M

Alison Tylor

Termination Clauses Post-Waksdale

  • Review of Waksdale v Swegon and its implications for contracts with “just-cause” termination clauses
  • What employers can do if their employment contracts are no longer enforceable
  • Tips on how to draft employment contract termination clauses to avoid this issue


9:45 A.M

Landon Young

Good Faith Performance of Employment Contracts

  • Review of Supreme Court decision in CM Callow v Zollinger
  • Implications of duty of good faith performance on contracts for employers


10:25 A.M

Break


10:45 A.M

Daniel Gaspar

Daniel Gaspar

Post-Termination Bonus Entitlements

  • How employees can be entitled to bonus payments post-termination under common law and the Employment Standards Act
  • Review of Supreme Court decision in Matthews v Ocean Nutrition
  • Tips for drafting contracts and plans to minimize the risk of paying post-termination bonus amounts


11:25 A.M

Amanda Boyce

When the Pandemic Finally Ends

  • Potential issues for employees who want to keep working from home rather than return to the workplace
  • The risk of constructive dismissal claims when the deemed emergency leave ends under the Employment Standards Act
  • Strategies for reducing termination costs if a reduction in force is necessary 


12:05 P.M

Lunch Break


1:05 P.M

Jeremy Schwartz

Jeremy Schwartz

COVID-19 and Health and Safety

  • Legal duties for protecting employees’ safety in the workplace both during the pandemic and post-pandemic
  • Dealing with health and safety work refusals
  • Can employers require employees to vaccinate?
  • Can employers conduct mandatory testing?


1:45 P.M

Jeffrey Murray

Dealing With the Mental Health Fallout of the Pandemic

  • The scope of the potential duty to accommodate employees suffering from mental health conditions brought on or made worse by the pandemic
  • Recognizing when the duty to accommodate may be triggered
  • What medical information the employer can obtain and how to obtain it
  • Forms of accommodation


2:25 P.M

ryan conlin

Ryan Conlin

Workers’ Compensation Changes and COVID-19 Relief

  • Review of the WSIB’s handling of claims related to COVID-19
  • The WSIB’s policies


3:05 P.M

Closing Remarks and Conference Wrap-up

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