2022 Hospitals HR Legal Summit Virtual Conference

Essential legal updates for the Healthcare HR executive.

A critical event for the busy healthcare HR executive. Get a condensed overview of the most significant cases and legislative updates that impact the healthcare HR environment. Hear from legal experts that understand the unique features of hospitals and the long term care workforce.

Hospital workplaces are dynamic and increasingly complex. They are safety-critical environments where employees are prone to burnout, are subject to shift-work stressors, and are vulnerable to harassment and compassion fatigue. With workforce shortages, employees are taking on more demands of overtime and tasks. The increased use of contract workers is also presenting new legal challenges.

Employment law is shifting rapidly and this event provides a laser focus on the latest legal updates and developments affecting hospital employers’ workforce obligations. Attend this conference and get a targeted approach for avoiding legal pitfalls.

Topics

When Work Relationships, Policies or Processes is the Cause for Mental Health Disability
Shifting Sand: Family Status Accommodation and Conflicting Standards across Canada
Workplace Health and Safety: Navigating Your Obligations in the New Reality
Legal Tools to Foster a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
Addressing Absenteeism in the Workplace
Legal Observations of the new Gig Model in Healthcare
The Top Workplace Privacy Issues in a Hospital Setting
Employee’s Right to Disconnect
Investigating Employee Misconduct Without Third Party Witnesses
When the Patient is the Bully: Employers’ Duty to Protect
Employment Equity: Addressing Discrimination in Hiring, Promoting, and Pay
The Latest in Labour Arbitration: Major Case Law and Legislative Updates that Impact Hospital Employers

Who should Attend

Human Resources and Counsel for:

Hospitals
Long-Term Care Homes
Community Care Centres

2022 Hospitals HR Legal Summit Speakers

Learn about the Speakers for the 2022 Hospitals HR Summit

Justin Diggle

Counsel | Miller Thomson LLP

Evan Campbell

Partner | Miller Thomson LLP

Asha Rampersad

Lawyer and HR Advisor | Bernardi Human Resource Law LLP

Melanie D. McNaught

Partner | Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

Wendy Glaser

Director, Pay Equity | KPMG LLP

Catherine Milne

Partner | TurnPenneyMilne LLP

Maddie Axelrod

Partner | Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Patricia North

Partner | Levitt Sheikh LLP

Jeff Rochwerg

Lawyer | TurnPenneyMilne LLP

Cereise Ross

Lawyer | TurnPenneyMilne LLP

Matthew Rago

Lawyer and HR Advisor | Bernardi Human Resources Law LLP

2022 Hospitals HR Legal Summit Agenda

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Day 1 | Tuesday, June 14, 2022

11:00 am – 11:10 am

Opening Remarks from the Chairperson

11:10 am – 12:30 pm

Post-Covid: Navigating Your Obligations in the New Reality

Workplace health and safety considerations
Covid-related litigation
Human rights considerations

Catherine Milne

Cereise Ross

Jeff Rochwerg

12:30 pm – 1:00 pm

Networking Break

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Investigating Claims of Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace

Challenges and considerations;
Best practices and recent developments
Taking into account special circumstances

Patricia North

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Screen Break

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

The Top Workplace Privacy Issues in a Hospital Setting

Hospitals strive to protect patient and employee privacy, but it can be challenging. In this session, we will discuss the following 5 issues:

Dealing with employee snooping
Maintaining employee privacy while implementing COVID-19 vaccination policies
Applying health privacy legislation to hospital employees
Preventing and addressing data breaches
Developing electronic monitoring policies

Melanie D. McNaught

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Screen Break

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Employee’s Right to Disconnect

Matthew Rago

4:00 pm

Closing Remarks from the Chairperson

Day 2 | Wednesday, June 15, 2022

11:00 am – 11:10 am

Welcome Remarks from the Chairperson

11:10 am – 12:10 pm

Legal Tools to Foster a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

Setting the legal framework for discussing diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Considering the healthcare context specifically, including impacts on patient populations, challenges in addressing systemic discrimination and health inequity, and working with data and workplace policies
Looking ahead with tools, trends, examples, and best practices for creating respectful, inclusive workplaces and a culture of diversity and inclusion

Maddie Axelrod

12:10 pm – 12:40 pm

Networking Break

12:40 pm – 1:40 pm

The Pay Equity Process: Project Management and Key Considerations

Stakeholder engagement
Pitfalls and practicalities of committees
Budgeting for internal and external costs
Maintaining equitable compensation practices

Wendy Glaser

1:40 pm – 1:50 pm

Screen Break

1:50 pm – 2:50 pm

Shifting Sand: Family Status Accommodation and Conflicting Standards Across Canada

Asha Rampersad

2:50 pm – 3:00 pm

Screen Break

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

When the Patient is the Bully

Evan Campbell

Justin Diggle

4:00 pm

Closing Remarks from the Chairperson

2022 Hospitals HR Legal Summit Virtual

What You Will Receive at the 2022 Hospitals HR Legal Summit Virtual Conference

Due to the restrictions on gatherings of large groups and social distancing orders put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, this conference will be a live virtual environment. Our virtual conference format will provide the same interactive learning experience as our traditional in-person events.

Attend this conference from wherever you are and hear our faculty of experts share their expertise on avoiding liability at your healthcare organisation. Share your comments, get answers to your questions and have your say in the discussion just as you would at an in-person event

Attend this live interactive virtual conference and receive:

Full access to all presentation materials
Participation in sessions in real-time
Full access to a recording of the event to view at your convenience

2022 Hospitals HR Legal Summit Registration Details

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What they're saying about us

Senior Consultant | McMaster University

Well-researched agenda. Good pace. In just two days, I acquired a years-worth of knowledge.

Director, Strategy and Performance | Women's College Hospital

Speakers well selected; balanced and varied perspectives.

Director, Board Affairs | Green Shield Canada

Tackled complex and difficult issues with a focus on practical solutions that were useful right away.