Coming Tuesday, December 5, 2006
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
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8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (Pacific Time)
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Or click below to register, or to purchase the CD if you are unable to attend the live audio seminar on Tuesday, December 5.
PLEASE NOTE: This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and
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If you employ workers in Canada, be CERTAIN you're operating legally, because there have been a multitude of changes. Did you know:
Mandatory retirement policies are now illegal in several provinces?
Quebec's has fresh legislation regarding "psychological harassment" of employees?
There is strong legislation protecting whistleblowers, including federal criminal sanctions for taking actions against them?
Privacy laws recently have been expanded across Canada, especially under federal law and in the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta?
Severance pay is now required all across the country even when employees become totally disabled?
Remember, if you're a U.S. employer with operations in Canada, you MUST stay abreast of current Canadian employment laws. Now there's an easy, authoritative, timesaving way to do just that. Register now for "Operating in Canada: Dos and Don'ts in 2007," presented by top-level employment law attorneys from McCarthy Tétrault, the largest national law firm in Canada.
Make no mistake - - employment law in Canada changes RAPIDLY. You can either stay on top of it . . . or risk compliance nightmares. For example, recent cases have:
Increased employer liability for "hardball tactics" or "bad faith" when terminating
employees;
Set new high-water marks for punitive damages in wrongful dismissal cases;
Allowed defamation claims to be joined with wrongful dismissal claims;
Register today for the live audio conference "Operating in Canada: Dos and Don'ts in 2007."
Non-union employee rights, including wrongful dismissal claims and damages for "bad-faith"
terminations
Harassment -- sexual and "psychological" harassment, a term not used in American law
How union organizing laws in Canada are more pro-union than in the United States. Also, what
happens to unions when businesses are bought and sold.
Government-sponsored insurance programs, for health, disability insurance, workers'
compensation, and unemployment
Register now by calling M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC toll-free (800) 274-6774.PLEASE MENTION Conference Code L553B when calling.
Or click below to register, or to purchase the CD if you are unable to attend the live audio seminar on Tuesday, December 5.
HR professionals, benefits managers, and frontline supervisors in any industry that currently operates or is considering operations in Canada.
Brian Smeenk, Earl G. Phillips, and Marc Benoit are leading Canadian employment lawyers who
regularly advise U.S. clients with operations in Canada. They are partners in the country's
largest and leading law firm, McCarthy Tétrault. With about 700 lawyers, it has offices in
major business centers across Canada and represents many American companies with Canadian
operations.
Mr. Smeenk represents both private and public sector employers in all aspects of labor
relations and employment law at McCarthy Tétrault's Toronto office. He appears regularly before
administrative tribunals, such as arbitration boards, labor relations boards, employment
standards adjudicators, and human rights boards of inquiry and has a wide range of experience
in labor negotiations.
Mr. Phillips practices in the firm's Vancouver office and is the Practice Group Leader of the
National Labour and Employment Group. A member of the Human Resources Management Association of
British Columbia and the BC Labour Section of the Canadian Bar Association, he has published
papers and delivered lectures on employment privacy, whistle-blowing, punitive damages in
employment cases, substance abuse in the workplace and general employment practices.
Mr. Benoit is a partner in the Labour and Employment Group in Montréal, where he regularly
represents employers before arbitration boards, administrative tribunals, human rights
commissions and tribunals, the Québec Labour Standards Commission, the Québec Labour Court, and
the Canada Industrial Relations Board. He also conducts conciliation and mediation on their
behalf. Mr. Benoit advises employers in the private and public sectors on hiring, employment
terminations, employment standard issues, wrongful dismissals, employment contracts and
policies, occupational health and safety, workplace harassment, human rights, and a wide range
of employment law issues.
Maximize your training investment with "Operating in Canada: Dos and Don'ts in 2007."
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Fast, convenient learning without any out-of-office time lost;
The perfect way to update as many staff members as you like — for just $197 (total) per listening site.
Just $257 (our new discounted combination price) for both the live audio conference and recorded CD.
Audio seminars are a superior training value for you and your staff. Think of it. For just $197 (total) you — and as many employees as you want — receive this authoritative, timesaving information. That means, for example, if 10 people listen in, you're training each staff member for just $19.70 per person.
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