In the current labour market, employers are often unable to recruit enough Canadian employees to fill their staffing needs. In order to address these shortages employers need to recruit employees from other countries. In this hour long session, Paul McLean and Rhonda Bender of Harris & Company LLP, will discuss how employers can utilize various immigration programs to their advantage.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Which process works - securing work permits quickly
• Expedited LMO's and Occupations Under Pressure
• The advantages of the BC Provincial Nominee Program
• Common pitfalls and problems to avoid

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Attendance is limited, so register early to avoid disappointment. Payment must be submitted in order to confirm the registration.

Seminar materials are provided and continental breakfast will be served

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Please note, there will be a limit of one phone-in connection per registration payment.

**This is an on-line webinar, and will require a web browser, telephone and light program installation before use. Harris & Company uses LiveMeeting, a Microsoft based technology for their webinars. Please contact your IT department before registering to confirm software compatability.

This program will focus on providing employers with strategies for conducting fair and effective workplace investigations. Paul Fairweather and Audrey Ackah will discuss the principles derived from recent case law to provide employers with practical tips relevant to investigating allegations of harassment, discrimination and employee misconduct in the workplace.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Who should participate in the workplace investigation process?
• What strategies should employers use in order to ensure that workplace investigations are fair and effective?
• What pitfalls should employers avoid when conducting workplace investigations?
• What evidence-gathering techniques should employers use when conducting workplace investigations?

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Attendance is limited, so register early to avoid disappointment. Payment must be submitted in order to confirm the registration.

Seminar materials are provided and continental breakfast will be served

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company LLP, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Please note, there will be a limit of one phone-in connection per registration payment.

**This is an on-line webinar, and will require a web browser, telephone and light program installation before use. Harris & Company uses LiveMeeting, a Microsoft based technology for their webinars. Please contact your IT department before registering to confirm software compatability.

During this one hour session, Chris Leenheer, a partner with Harris & Company LLP, will discuss issues that matter for federal employers. The session will review any significant changes to the Canadian Labour Code, Canadian Human Rights Act, and any new labour arbitration and employment law cases that affect federal employers and their dealings with their employees in both unionized and non-unionized environments.

Registrants for this Webinar will be able to listen to the speakers, view the PowerPoints slides, and then take part in an interactive question and answer period, all from the comfort of their own home or office. Further information and a link to the virtual meeting room will be provided when registration is confirmed.

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company LLP, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Please note, there will be a limit of one phone-in connection per registration payment.

**This is an on-line webinar, and will require a web browser, telephone and light program installation before use. Harris & Company uses LiveMeeting, a Microsoft based technology for their webinars. Please contact your IT department before registering to confirm software compatability.

In this hour long session, Michael Coady and Grady Tyler from Harris & Company LLP, will discuss an employers rights and responsbilities with regards to employee medical information.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Why can't the Employer have all the medical information it wants?
• What are the grounds on which the Employer can require disclosure of medical information?
• How much medical information can the Employer require from an employee?
• What should the Employer do if the employee provides a scratch-pad note from a doctor?
• What if the employee refuses to provide the medical information requested?

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Attendance is limited, so register early to avoid disappointment. Payment must be submitted in order to confirm the registration.

Seminar materials are provided and continental breakfast will be served

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Please note, there will be a limit of one phone-in connection per registration payment.

**This is an on-line webinar, and will require a web browser, telephone and light program installation before use. Harris & Company uses LiveMeeting, a Microsoft based technology for their webinars. Please contact your IT department before registering to confirm software compatability.

Bental Five Meeting Room
550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, (Beside Cactus Club Cafe)

Employers have a statutory duty to accommodate disabled employees with work-related limitations up to the point of undue hardship. Increased demands, evolving case law, and escalating liabilities in this area combine to create significant practical challenges for employers. This half-day workshop provides an overview on accommodation with the latest legal developments and their impact in the workplace.

Topics to be discussed include:

• The employer's duty to accommodate, when does it arise and what does it require?
• How do you know when you've reached the point of undue hardship?
• What must be accommodated - and what need not be?
• What about the accommodation process? Can the employer be liable based on process alone?
• Mental disabilities, addictions, and misconduct - how to navigate through complex questions

The registration fee for this seminar is $315.00 ($300.00 plus $15.00 GST) and includes the half-day seminar, and materials.

Continental breakfast will be served.

In this hour long session, Nazeer Mitha and Alka Kundi from Harris & Company LLP, will discuss tips and strategies to ensure employment policies work for you.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Why have employment policies?
• Policies you can't live without
• Drafting, reviewing and revising policies
• Legal requirements for binding enforceable policies

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Attendance is limited, so register early to avoid disappointment. Payment must be submitted in order to confirm the registration.

Seminar materials are provided and continental breakfast will be served

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Please note, there will be a limit of one phone-in connection per registration payment.

**This is an on-line webinar, and will require a web browser, telephone and light program installation before use. Harris & Company uses LiveMeeting, a Microsoft based technology for their webinars. Please contact your IT department before registering to confirm software compatability.

In this hour long session, Keith Mitchell and Jennifer Wiegele from Harris & Company LLP, will discuss how to identify discrimination and harassment as well as how to effectively manage complaints.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Defining harassment and discrimination
• Legal overview
• Discrimination and harassment in the workplace
• How can employers identify driscrimination and harassment
• What are employer's obligations?
• Harassment and discrimination policies - Hallmarks of an effective policy
• How to investigate allegations of discrimination or harassment

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Attendance is limited, so register early to avoid disappointment. Payment must be submitted in order to confirm the registration.

Seminar materials are provided and continental breakfast will be served

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Please note, there will be a limit of one phone-in connection per registration payment.

**This is an on-line webinar, and will require a web browser, telephone and light program installation before use. Harris & Company uses LiveMeeting, a Microsoft based technology for their webinars. Please contact your IT department before registering to confirm software compatability.

This workshop is intended to provide those responsible for managing or supervising human resources with the necessary knowledge and practical tools to properly identify and address problem absenteeism in the workplace. The workshop will consist of the presentation of a best practices in attendance management, a review of important new developments in the law in this area, open discussion and question/answer periods, as well as practical hands-on exercises.

By the end of this session attendees will:

• Be able to better identify and distinguish between culpable and non-culpable absenteeism
• Critically evaluate their current attendance management program and/or their approach to managing absenteeism
• Understand when and how much medical information can be required from an employee; and,
• Understand how an employer's duty to accommodate fits into attendance management

The registration fee for this seminar is $315.00 ($300.00 plus $15.00 GST) and includes the half-day seminar, and materials.

Continental breakfast will be served.

In this hour long session, Andrew Wood and Alka Kundi from Harris & Company LLP, will discuss the core health and safety obligations of employers and strategies for satisfying these obligations.

Topics to be discussed include:

• What are your general OH&S duties as an employer?
• Establishing a formal Health and Safety Program. When is one required?
• What is the "due diligence" defence? What practical steps can employers take to satisfy the defence?
• Review specific health and safety topics
• Learning more about your health and safety obligations: available resources

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Attendance is limited, so register early to avoid disappointment. Payment must be submitted in order to confirm the registration.

Seminar materials are provided and continental breakfast will be served

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Please note, there will be a limit of one phone-in connection per registration payment.

**This is an on-line webinar, and will require a web browser, telephone and light program installation before use. Harris & Company uses LiveMeeting, a Microsoft based technology for their webinars. Please contact your IT department before registering to confirm software compatability.

In this hour long session, Terri Cohen and Audrey Ackah from Harris & Company LLP, will discuss practical issues for employers in connection with employee e-mail and internet abuse in the workplace, including:

• The development of effective policies governing email and internet use
• The role of privacy laws and the right to freedom of expression in the monitoring of employee e-mail and internet use
• Current decisions and trends in the discipline of employees for cyberspace misconduct

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Attendance is limited, so register early to avoid disappointment. Payment must be submitted in order to confirm the registration.

Seminar materials are provided and continental breakfast will be served

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Please note, there will be a limit of one phone-in connection per registration payment.

**This is an on-line webinar, and will require a web browser, telephone and light program installation before use. Harris & Company uses LiveMeeting, a Microsoft based technology for their webinars. Please contact your IT department before registering to confirm software compatability.

Topics to be discussed include:

• Union organizing tactics
• The work place environments that often give rise to employees seeking or responding to union organizing
• Legal obligations and unfair labour practice restrictions on the employer, the union and the employees during an organizing and certification campaign
• Proactive measures that the employer can take
• Permissible communications and employer activities during a union organizing drive at the workplace

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Attendance is limited, so register early to avoid disappointment. Payment must be submitted in order to confirm the registration.

Seminar materials are provided and continental breakfast will be served

Registration Fee $131.25 ($125.00 plus $6.25 GST). Cheques can be made payable to Harris & Company, and submitted to:

Accounts Receivable, 1400-550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2B5.

Please note, there will be a limit of one phone-in connection per registration payment.

**This is an on-line webinar, and will require a web browser, telephone and light program installation before use. Harris & Company uses LiveMeeting, a Microsoft based technology for their webinars. Please contact your IT department before registering to confirm software compatability.