Navigating the Employment Relationship: A Legal Guide for Employers

From Courtship to Divorce: Mastering Employment Law in Non-Unionized Workplaces

This half-day interactive presentation is designed to provide you a practical understanding of employment law. The session will focus on non-unionized workplaces in Ontario. It is suitable for individuals involved in hiring, managing, supervising, disciplining, and terminating workers, and implementing workplace policies and procedures. In this session, you will gain an understanding of the provincial standards and common law principles of employment law to handle employment issues that arise on a day-to-day basis. The employment relationship has been likened to a marriage, and that analogy will form to basis of the exploration of the following subject matter: The Courtship - What kind of a relationship do you want? What’s the difference between an independent contractor and an employee? - Common mistakes in recruitment and how to avoid them The Engagement - The proposal and the pre-nuptial agreement: The benefits, best practices and pitfalls of hire offers and contracts of employment. The Marriage - Maintaining the relationship: Dealing with poor performance, leaves of absence and misconduct The Divorce - Ending the relationship: what’s the difference between "lay off", "termination" and "severance"? - The termination package: what does it include and how much? - Good faith and the "art" of the termination meeting CE accreditation: 3 Management RIBO hours PLEASE NOTE: - Prices below are for IIO Members. Fees noted below do not include hst. - Non-members and renewing members the IIO Membership fee will be added to your cart. - Sorry, no refunds. Credit notes issued only with 48 hour written notice - In accordance with Provincial regulator's guidelines, in order to be eligible for CE hours, you must be logged in with for the entire duration of the session. Partial hours cannot be issued. LINK TO WEBINAR 24 hours prior to the webinar, all registrants will receive an e-mail providing the direct link to the Webinar. This link is unique to you and is tied to your name. It cannot be shared or transferred to others. This personalized link must be used when you log in to the webinar so that your attendance can be tracked. We cannot credit CE hours if you are using a link that is not assigned to you, or if you do not attend for the full duration of the webinar. 　 For group rates of 3 or more, or if you need assistance with registration, email us:gtaevents@insuranceinstitute.ca