2018 A Year in ReviewProgram and Registration Information

JOIN THE DISCUSSION Legal updates and practical challenges for management and employee groups. Areas include:

• Human Rights• Labour Law• Business Immigration• Occupational Health and Safety• Employment• Privacy• Intellectual Property

fieldlaw.com LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

HUMAN RIGHTS

Christin Elawny(Calgary)

Evie Thorne(Edmonton)

• Accommodating requests for time off for religious reasons • Update on family status discrimination • Accommodation of medicinal cannabis • Cost of failing to conduct reasonable investigation into

harassment complaints • Termination for performance reasons where employee has

a disability

LABOUR

Frank Molnar, QC, MIR(Calgary)

Jason Kully(Edmonton)

• Union certification awarded by ALRB to remedy unfair labour practice

• First review decision by ALRB of arbitration award• Arbitration awards on drug and alcohol testing• Legislative update

BUSINESS IMMIGRATION

Jenna Kirk(Calgary + Edmonton)

• Temporary foreign workers and compliance • Work Permit exemptions• Security and business travel• Permanent residence applications• Criminal Code changes and cannabis challenges

ABOUT FIELD LAW

Field Law is a western and northern regional business law firm listed as one of the largest firms in Canada with offices in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The Firm has been proactively serving clients and providing legal counsel for over 100 years supporting the specific and ever-evolving business needs of regional, national and international clients who do business in western and northern Canada. More than 120 lawyers and 160 supporting staff work together to provide a comprehensive range of legal and complementary services to businesses, institutions, governments, indigenous peoples and other organizations in corporate and commercial matters, litigation and dispute resolution, labour and employment, insurance, intellectual property and emerging technology, energy, construction, education, privacy, professional regulatory, health and medical malpractice issues. Additionally the Firm provides private services to individuals including estate planning services, tax and real estate transactions. Field Law has lawyers called to the Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan Bars.

PART ONE TOPICS

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Steve Eichler(Calgary)

Sharon Roberts(Edmonton)

• OHS Law collapses: faulty trenching results in convictions for Criminal Negligence Causing Death and Manslaughter

• Amended OHS Act: what have the first six months shown us? Joint Health + Safety Committees, Harassment Investigations, Accident Investigation

• Amended WCB Act: employees returning to work after an injury now must be allowed back

• R v. Precision Diversified Oilfield Services Corp: The Alberta Court of Appeal introduces reason to “reasonably practical” offences

EMPLOYMENT

Karen Tereposky(Calgary)

Taylor Woolsey(Calgary)

Albert Nolette(Edmonton)

• Developments and Trends: punitive and aggravated damages• Drafting Contracts: termination clauses, bonus entitlements, and

release agreements • Employment Litigation: procedural developments changing the course

of a lawsuit• Employment standards odds + ends

PRIVACY

Kelly Nicholson(Calgary)

Leanne Monsma(Edmonton)

• Balancing an employee’s right to privacy with the employer’s ability to control its workplace

• When and what types of surveillance are permissible• Increased emphasis on openness in various types of proceedings• Legislative update

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Laura MacFarlane(Calgary + Edmonton)

Tom O’Reilly(Edmonton)

• Protecting your company’s intellectual property and confidential information

• Intellectual property clauses you should be including in contracts• The importance of trademarks, copyright and patents to the value of

your brand

PART TWO TOPICS

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PART 2

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BREAKFAST7:45 AM – 9:30 AM Part 1 Seminar7:45 AM – 9:45 AM Part 2 Seminar

LUNCH11:45 AM – 1:30 PM Part 1 Seminar11:45 AM – 1:45 PM Part 2 Seminar

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