Nov 18 – To What Extent are Employees Barred From Pursuing Stress Claims in Court?
Date: November 18, 2021 Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST Speaker: Ryan Conlin Register Here to register for this webinar. Historically, workers’ compensation law placed a highly restrictive definition on traumatic mental stress injuries, […]
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Oct 27 – The Conflicts Don’t Stop: The Latest on Workplace Investigations
Date: October 27, 2021 Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT Speaker: Inna Koldorf Register Here to register for this webinar. Workplace harassment and violence investigations have become commonplace in most workplaces. In this program, we will […]
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Court Quashes WSIAT Stress Decision and Allows Constructive Dismissal Case to Proceed
Historically, workers’ compensation law placed a highly restrictive definition on traumatic mental stress injuries, which meant as a practical matter very few stress claims would ever be allowed. However, successful […]
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July 28: Using Mediation for Conflict Resolution in the Workplace
RECORDED DATE: July 28, 2021 TIME: 9:00-10:30AM PDT SPEAKER: Heather Hettiarachchi, LLB MSc CPHR To access the recording of this webinar, please go here. As a member of OHS Insider, use discount code HRIVIP21 to watch […]
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The Fourth Wave of Safety: Training the Mind
Recorded Date: Oct 14, 2021 Time: 9:00-10:30AM PDT Speaker: Dr Ryan Todd Recording To access the recording of this webinar, please go here. Having lived through three full waves (!) of a pandemic, employers are […]
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Rise Above It: Practical Ways to Handle Hard Times, Setbacks, and Tragedies
Recorded Date: May 12, 2021 Time: 9am – 10:30am PDT Speaker: Richard Hawk To access the recording of this webinar, please go here. As a member of HR Insider, use discount code HRIVIP21 to watch the recording […]
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Building Resilience in a Stress Epidemic
Date: December 16, 2020 Duration: 1hr Expert Speaker: Dr. Ryan Todd Download the Slides Below Read the Q&A's here About the Webinar There was tremendous need before COVID-19 to deal with benefits, programs, and culture changes […]
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Workplace Stress Costs Calculation Worksheet
WORKSHEET TO CALCULATE THE COST OF WORK-RELATED STRESS: TURNOVER COSTS Use this worksheet to calculate the turnover costs of replacing stressed out employees Make no mistake. Workplace stress is costing Canadian companies […]
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How to Persuade Your CEO that Workplace Stress Hurts the Bottom Line
What's at Stake? 1 in 5 Canadians experience a mental health problem or illness each year, which equates to 500,000 employees unable to work each week, according to the Mental Health […]
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Psychology of Return to Work
Date: July 15, 2020 Duration: 1 hour The Speaker: Dr. Karen MacNeill, Performance Psychologist Download the Slides below About the Webinar As workplaces continue to navigate the disruption produced by COVID-19, the attention has now […]
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Working to Equality: Practical Steps for Designing an Effective Anti-Discrimination Strategy
By Cassandra Ma, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP Recent events have ignited global public discourse around workplace human rights and, in particular, systemic racial discrimination. Collectively, the deaths of George Floyd, […]
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Back to Work: The Future of the Workplace Post COVID-19
Date: May 27, 2020 Time: 9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT Presenter: Anthony Panacci, Associate, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP About the Webinar While provinces continue to operate under a state of emergency, employers […]
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Return to Work from COVID-19 Shutdown: OHS Best Practices
Date: May 14, 2020 Time: 9 a.m. PDT / 12 p.m. EDT Presenter: Norm Keith About the Webinar The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in wartime powers being used by government across Canada to shut […]
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Dangerous Daze: Handling Negative Emotions
Date: May 13, 2020 Time: 9am – 10:15am PST Presenter: Richard Hawk About the Webinar During these unusually distressful times, this timely webinar will give you practical ways to better handle distressful emotions such as […]
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Mental Stress Quiz
QUESTION Is it true that some stress is positive? ANSWER Dr. Hans Selyee noted that stress can be positive and productive. it is also referred to a “challenge” or “positive” stress. Positive Stress […]
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7 Signs You’re Suffering From Work-From-Home Burnout
Working from home certainly sounds like the stuff of dreams for many of us. I’ve been working from “home” (i.e. hotels, hostels, huts and, most recently, a converted van) for […]
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Women in Technology – The Importance of Female Leaders
By: Elaine Palome, SHRM-SCP, MS - Director of Human Resources, Axis Communications, Americas While women continue to make a noticeable impact in the technology sector, they still face barriers fully breaking […]
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COVID-19 War Stories: Using SUB Benefits to Support Employees on Temporary Layoff
In these stressful times, few things are more nightmarish than the need to cut jobs and staff. Yesterday, I heard from one of the real-life HR directors going through this […]
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COVID-19 And The Workplace – Your Legal Obligations As An Employer And Employee During A Pandemic
by Lou Poskitt and Ryley Mennie of Miller Titerle + Company Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, global updates have been flooding our news feed – whether […]
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A Review of the Labour and Employment Year in Atlantic Canada: Part 1
The first part of this two-part review of the labour and employment year in Atlantic Canada covers developments in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Introduction 2019 saw a number of changes to the […]
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Compliance Briefing: The 4 Kinds of Coronavirus Control Measures Required by Law
What's At Stake The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency. Although most of the cases and deaths come from the city of Wuhan in […]
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Entitlement To Benefits For Stress Under The WSIA May Bar Constructive Dismissal Claims For Bullying And Harassment
Since January 1, 2018, section 13(4) of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA) has provided for entitlement to workers' compensation benefits for chronic and traumatic stress. Recently, in Decision No. 1227/19, 2019 […]
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Performance Reviews: The 7 Most Common Legal Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them
While performance reviews get a lot of attention in the HR media, their impact on employer liability is often overlooked. That's a shame because performance reviews not only provide employees […]
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HR Legal Trends: Workers’ Comp & Mental Stress
Work-related stress is as old as work itself; what has changed is our understanding of how work-related stressors cause it to happen. And, now the workers’ comp boards are scrambling […]
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Sexual Harassment: You Know It’s Illegal but Do You Know WHY?
Everybody knows that sex harassment is illegal. But not everybody knows why. The question of which law(s) gets broken when sexual harassment occurs isn’t just some arcane matter that only […]
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