Program Directors
Lauren Bernardi
Bernardi Human Resource Law
Brian Gottheil
Bernardi Human Resource Law LLP
Eligible for
Creating and maintaining a mentally healthy workplace has never been more important.
The management of employee mental health issues has emerged as one of the most difficult and widespread challenges confronting today’s workplaces, and this has been magnified by the impact of COVID-19.
A complex network of laws presents a potential minefield of difficulties for employers. Navigating these successfully and keeping the workplace healthy and productive is, in the Commission’s words, ‘simply smart business’.
In this exclusively online interactive program, a multidisciplinary faculty will explain the law and best practices, provide you with a unique opportunity to drill down into the key issues that are likely to come across your desk, and to formulate strategies for handling them successfully. You’ll also receive printed materials (including toolkits and precedents) – a resource of ongoing practical value.
Registration includes 120-day unlimited, online access to the recorded program.
What You’ll Learn
How to have the conversation when you are concerned about an employee’s mental health
What resources are available in responding to mental health problems?
To what extent do employers face a legal duty of care in relation to employees’ psychological wellbeing?
Does the existence of the voluntary National Standard For Psychological Health and Safety In the Workplace create a default standard by which courts will measure employers?
The effect of Bill 132 and the Occupational Health and Safety Act on employers’ duties
Are employers liable for negligent or intentional infliction of mental harm during the employment relationship and after it ends?
Trends in the case law on damage awards for mental distress claims
Accommodating mental health disabilities in the workplace: the AODA and the Human Rights Code
Addressing substance abuse problems – including impact on performance, legal liabilities, accidents, sick leave and benefit costs, and the status of ‘last chance’ agreements
Addressing substance abuse problems – including impact on performance, legal liabilities, accidents, sick leave and benefit costs, and the status of ‘last chance’ agreements
Creating inclusive attendance management policies and return-to-work programs that appropriately consider mental health contexts
Early and successful returns to work after mental-health-related absences
How unions, health and safety committees, occupational health nurses and employers can effectively work together and further the organization’s due diligence strategy
Lauren Canzius
Manager, Human Resources
“A good program that delivered exactly what HR professionals need to know about managing mental health accommodations in the workplace, and providing a psychologically safe workplace.”
Who Should Attend
HR Professionals/executives,
supervisors and managers
VPs/directors/managers of
Human Resources/labour relations
Health and safety professionals
Disability and return-to-work
managers
Union representatives
HR and labour relations consultants
Mediators and arbitrators of
employment and labour disputes
Faculty
Program Directors
Lauren Bernardi
Bernardi Human Resource Law
Brian Gottheil
Bernardi Human Resource Law LLP
Advisory Board
Donna Hardaker
Principal, Hardaker Consulting
Sapna Mahajan, MPH, PMP, CHE
Director, Genomics and Society, Genome Canada
Sari Sairanen
National Director, Health and Safety, UNIFOR
Instructors
Agenda
View the 2022 program brochure and agenda. A new detailed agenda and brochure will be available soon.
Daniel Paterson
Superintendent, Peel Regional Paramedic Service
“Excellent… potentially complex topics were presented in easily digestible terms…extremely high-calibre presenters.”
Register
Nov 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2023
$2,995 + HST
Time
November 7, 2023
9:00 a.m – 4:30 p.m (ET)
November 14, 2023
9:00 a.m – 4:30 p.m (ET)
November 21, 2023
9:00 a.m – 4:30 p.m (ET)
November 28, 2023
9:00 a.m – 4:30 p.m (ET)
Printable Registration Form
If a downloadable form is required, please contact osgoodepd@osgoode.yorku.ca.
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Certificate Requirements
In order to successfully receive an Osgoode Certificate, participants must complete all program modules, and pass the multiple choice online exam.
CPD and Accreditation
OsgoodePD is an accredited provider with the LSO, the Law Society of BC and NY CLE Board. Select your location to view the eligible hours you may claim.
| Substantive | 20h 15m |
|---|---|
| EDI | 4h 30m EDI |
| Total | 24h 45m CPD |
| Approved by HRPA for | 21 Continuing Professional Development hours |
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Deeper Learning Opportunities
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Online Technical Requirements
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