Post-Pandemic Workforce Management Seminar with TDS lawyer Scott Hoeppner

Date: June 7, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed the nature of how work is done. What will the post-pandemic workforce look like across Canada? What new obligations and risks exist for Canadian employers?

On June 7 2022, Advocates for Employers in Canada (AEC) assembled a panel of knowledgeable speakers from coast to coast, including TDS lawyer Scott Hoeppner, to discuss how COVID-19 has significantly changed the nature of how work is done.

Topics covered included:

• Occupational health and safety considerations for post-pandemic work, including the new Act to modernize the occupational health and - safety system in Quebec
• Claims of constructive dismissal and wrongful dismissal relating to the return to on-site work
• The impact of the pandemic on common law reasonable notice entitlements
• The deductibility of CERB payments from wrongful dismissal damages
• Strategies for managing remote or hybrid workforces
• Issues of wrongful resignation and employee retention during the Great Resignation
• Innocent absenteeism and attendance management, including accommodation related to employee mental health

Panelists:

Generviève Mercier - Le Corre Lawyers LLP
Laura Karabulut – Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Jessica Bungay – Cox & Palmer
Alison Adam – McLennan Ross LLP
Marcia McNeil – Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP
Scott Hoeppner – Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

View the discussion:

Recording - Post-Pandemic Workforce Management from FWTA LLP on Vimeo.

AEC Member Firms: Cox & Palmer; Fillion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP; LeCorre Lawyers; McLennan Ross LLP; Pulver Crawford Munroe LLP; Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP