Labour Relations Conference-2011

This book is essential for: labour and management lawyers, arbitrators, human resource practitioners, union members, and all others interested in labour relations topics.

Current to: June 2011 

Current information on key topics
Labour Relations Conference—2011 is a concise review of the most current topics and developments in labour relations. Leaders from both labour and management develop, analyze, and discuss the key issues. Topics include: social media, damages, judicial review, and an update on labour law. This set of course materials features the essential current and practical issues that you deal with every day.

Course Materials Coordinators
Sandra I. Banister — Banister & Company, Vancouver
Charles G. Harrison — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

CLEBC Program Lawyer
Wendy McLean
wmclean@cle.bc.ca

CONTENTS

• social media—employment-related consequences to employees' use of social media: employer's use of social media at the hiring and post-employment stages, discipline/dismissal for content posted on social media sites
• damages: common law doctrines, availability of damages
• judicial review—standing of the tribunal of judicial review: the reality of tribunal participation, the law, the tribunal as appellant, the standard of patent unreasonableness under the ATA; judicial review of board decisions—recent developments
• labour law update: judicial review, human rights and labour law, notable arbitration awards, the Charter and labour relations