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OUR BREAKFAST SEMINAR SERIES for Employers and Human Resource Managers

The Employment and Labour Law Group's Breakfast Seminars are specifically designed to assist non-lawyers, and in particular, Company owners, and Human Resource Managers in acquiring the legal know-how necessary to resolve difficult human resource issues, on a preventative basis, without recourse to expensive lawyers and costly litigation. In Human Resources, as in other fields of endeavour, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".

Each of these hour-long seminars is given under the auspices of an experienced Ottawa employment lawyer who specializes in the topic of the seminar.

A question and answer period follows the presentation, providing a unique opportunity to get expert legal advice on any workplace problems which you or your company are currently encountering - free of charge.

Upcoming Breakfast Seminars:

For information on the next breakfast seminars (Click Here) and to register (Click Here) or contact Krystal Moore at kmoore@solowaywright.com or (613) 236-0111 ext. 4006. The next seminars, in the Fall of 2008, are as follows:

Fall 2008 Seminar Series:

• October 29th 2008:
  Key Components of the Employment Standards Act: How do you stay out of trouble.
   
• November 5th, 2008:
  Workplace Bullying or Harassment: How do you avoid lawsuits from both the aggressor and the victim?
   
• November 12th, 2008:
  Giving References: When can you be sued for giving them and for not giving them? How do you protect yourself?
   
• November 19th, 2008:
  Inappropriate Use and Abuse of the Internet and E-mails by your Employees: How do you prevent it?

• November 26th, 2008:
  Coping with Sick, Disabled and Aging Employees: How do you reduce your bottom line without acting acting illegally, unethically or inhumanely?

• December 3rd, 2008:
  Key Components of the Employment Standards Act: How do You Stay out of Trouble?

 

Past Breakfast Seminars:

Winter 2008 Seminar Series:

• January 10th, 2008:
  Drafting Effective Employee Handbooks: How to Avoid Costly Mistakes.
   
• January 17th, 2008:
  What to Expect When Your Employees are Expecting: The Do's and Don'ts of Implementing Pregnancy Leave.
   
• January 24th, 2008:
  The Perils and Legal Pitfalls of Overtime: What Employers Need to Know Before Time Runs Out.
   
• January 31st, 2008:
  Reorganizing Your Workforce Without Courting Constructive Dismissal Claims: Are You at Risk?

Fall 2007 Seminar Series:

• December 4th, 2007:
  Common Mistakes in Implementing Pregnancy, Parental and Emergency Leave.
   
• November 27th, 2007:
  How to Draft Water-Tight Employee Contracts and Employee Handbooks.
   
• November 20th, 2007:
  How To Go About Dismissing Key Employees Without Fall-Out to Your Business.
   
• November 13th, 2007:
  The Perils and Legal Pitfalls of Letting your Employees Do Overtime Work.
   
• November 6th, 2007:
  The Do's and Don'ts of Hiring and Releasing Probationary Employees.
   
• October 30th, 2007:
  Determining Whether or Not You Have Just Cause To Dismiss Problematic Employees.
   
• October 23rd, 2007:
  Reorganizing Your Workforce Without Risking Constructive Dismissal Claims.

Spring 2007 Seminar Series:

• June 26th, 2007:
  Employers' legal liabilities arising from office parties and social functions.
   
• June 19th, 2007:
  The dangers of treating employees as "consultants" or "independent contractors".
   
• June 12th, 2007:
  Preventing others from stealing your workers, your clients and your confidential business know-how.
   
• June 5th, 2007: Hiring Away Your Competitor's Key Employees.