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7:00 pm – 9:00 pm - CACE Sponsored Networking Event – Lobby Bar
10:00 am – 1:00 pm - Registration – Wildrose Foyer
11:50 am – 12:50 pm - Attendee Networking Lunch – Wildrose North
12:55 – 1:05 pm - Welcome Remarks – Co-Chairs – Wildrose Center & South
Speakers: Casey Dockendorff, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP & Jill Wilkie, Miller Thomson LLP
1:05 – 2:05 pm - Cracking the Code: Delving Into Intriguing Workplace Investigation Issues – Wildrose Center & South
Through the use of case studies, panel members will discuss unique, interesting and complex workplace investigations issues, such as:
Engaging and instructing an investigator
Sexual assault in the workplace and working with local law enforcement
Witness tampering
Breaches of confidentiality
Speakers: Casey Dockendorff, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP & Jennifer Hawkins, Southern Butler Price LLP
2:05 – 3:05 pm - Structuring Settlements – Wildrose Center & South
Overview options
Tax implications of structuring a settlement
EI repayment obligations
Reporting obligations
Indemnities
The Use of Consent Orders
Speakers: Kecia Podetz, Emond Harnden LLP & Jessica Bungay, Cox & Palmer
3:05 – 3:30 pm - Networking Break – Wildrose Foyer
3:30 – 4:30 pm - Jurisdictional Jigsaw: Issues all L & E Lawyers Should be Aware of Across Canada – Wildrose Center & South
Panel members will review unique provincial labour and employment topics across the jurisdictions, including:
Pay transparency legislation
Just cause: does it exist (Quebec, NS)
Drafting termination clauses that will stick
Ban on non-disclosure agreements
Ban on non-competes
Speakers: James Kondopulos, Roper Greyell LLP & Brittany Carson, Lavery de Billy LLP
6:30 – 9:00 pm - Mentoring Reception & Dinner – Brix & Barrell Restaurant
Mentors:
Casey Dockendorff, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Martin Thompson, McMillan LLP
Ian Pickard, McInnes Cooper
Jill Wilkie, Miller Thompson LLP
James Kondopulos, Roper Greyell LLP
Vicki Giles, McLennan Ross LLP
Kecia Podetz, Emond Harnden LLP
Nicole Skuggedal, Lawson Lundell LLP
Brittany Carson, Lavery de Billy LLP
Christopher Deehy, Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon, LLP
Matthew Carroll, Royal Bank of Canada
Jessica Bungay, Cox & Palmer
George Avraam, Baker & McKenzie
Rebecca Saturley, Stewart McKelvey
Neena Gupta, Gowlings WLG
Shandra Czarnecki, MLT Aikins LLP
9:00 pm - Post Dinner Networking – the Rooftop
9:00 – 9:45 am - Buffet Breakfast – Wildrose North
9:45 – 10:45 am - If Only I Knew Then - A Panel of Insights – Wildrose Center & South
Is there such a thing as over-preparing witnesses
Using technology to your (dis)advantage
Building a practice as an L & E practitioner
Due Diligence- what is it and how do I do it well
Can you avoid employment standards legislation in a sale of business
Speakers: Martin Thompson, McMillan LLP & Ian Pickard, McInnes Cooper
10:45 – 11:45 am - Accommodation Mosaic: Piecing Together Unique Issues and Solutions to Accommodation Requests – Wildrose Center & South
Things you can ask the employee
Using Template letters
Checklist of questions you can ask
Speakers: Vicki Giles, McLennan Ross LLP & Jill Wilkie, Miller Thompson LLP
11:45 am – 12:00 pm - Networking Break – Wildrose Foyer
12:00 – 1:00 pm - The Wild, Wild, West – A Practical Guide to Practicing Labour and Employment Law – Wildrose Center & South
Hear from experienced labour lawyers about some of the practical realities of labour law
When and How to Use Consent Awards
When to Raise Preliminary Issues
Collective Bargaining- thinking beyond the current term and relationships with unions
Speakers: Alison Adam, McLennan Ross LLP & Erin Ludwig, Associate General Counsel, Alberta Health Services
1:00 pm - Closing Remarks – Wildrose Center & South
Speaker: 2023-2024 CACE President, Nicole Skuggedal
