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Saint John chapter Half Day Session : Legal Update- Off-Duty Conduct and Privacy

November 24th 2015, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Delta Brunswick, McAvity Room
Chapter:	Saint John
Language:	English

Cost:

Members - $50.00
Non Members - $75.00
(CDN, HST included)

Presenters:
Lucie LaBoissonnière and Dominique Fontaine
Lucie LaBoissonnière and Dominique Fontaine, McInnes Cooper
Description:
Join us for our annual legal update with Lucie LaBoissonnière and Dominique Fontaine from McInnes Cooper. This year, we will be doing a half-day session on off-duty conduct, privacy in the workplace and the enforcement of termination clauses and confidentiality agreements. Every employer in Canada has heard of Shawn Simoes, the Hydro One employee who was terminated for cause after publicly harassing an on-air reporter. Hydro One acted quickly and - most employers would agree - made an estimable decision. Since Mr. Simoes’s termination made headlines across Canada, terminations for “off-duty conduct” have been in the spotlight. Can employers manage employees outside of the workplace? What factors will courts consider to determine whether off-duty conduct justifies a termination for cause or other discipline? Is reputational damage a necessary factor? Can an employee who is seen on Facebook using recreational marijuana be terminated for cause? Privacy in the workplace remains an evolving area of employment law. Employees expect to have some privacy at work while employers must know what their employees are doing while at work. It can be challenging to know where to draw the line, for instance, with GPS devices on company-owned vehicles used by employees and other methods of conducting surveillance on employees in the workplace or on their work phones. Finally, recent case law on the enforcement of termination clauses and confidentiality agreements will be discussed. We will address the enforceability of termination clauses as well as an employer’s available remedies in the case of an employee’s breach of a confidentiality agreement. This session will provide insight to employers as to their rights and obligations in regards to these emerging topics.
Special Notes:
Registration deadline: NOON, November 23 This session would appeal to HR professionals and organizational leaders. For the next several PD sessions, instead of having a door prize, those who attend will have their names entered into a special draw for a pass to attend the "World of Opportunities" 2016 HRANB Conference in Fredericton on May 11 & 12.