Developments in Employment Law



Date: June 28th, 2016

Time: 9-10 am PST (including Q&A)

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In this webinar, management-side employment lawyer Kevin MacNeill will review some of the most significant recent case law developments in this area, which happened in 2015 and 2016. Topics will include:

  • Does an indefinite suspension with pay constitute constructive dismissal?
  • Is an employer’s financial circumstances relevant to the determination of reasonable notice?
  • Update on human rights damages in civil claims for wrongful dismissal involving family status.
  • Duty of honesty in contractual relations applied to employment contracts.
  • Does a dismissed employee have a duty to mitigate when his or her fixed term employment contract is terminated before its expiry date?
  • And more.

Presenter: Kevin MacNeill

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Kevin MacNeill represents employers in all areas of labour and employment law both in the broader public sector and in the private sector.

He has experience acting for municipalities, school boards, boards of health and community care access corporations as well as other health care service providers. Furthermore, he has represented clients in a variety of other industries including retail, aviation, information technology, telecommunications, transportation and logistics, hydro distribution, construction, and manufacturing.