This session will provide employers and unions with the best available insight into grievances concerning and algorithmic management.. Specific issues to be addressed include: - Can employers rely on management rights to justify the use of AI to evaluate employee performance and manage employees? - What arguments for and against the use of algorithmic management would arbitrators find most compelling? - What legal concerns are raised when an employer uses AI to assess candidates’ suitability for positions or to evaluate job applicants based on their internet activity?

Join us Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 for the 17th annual Solo and Small Firm Conference, hosted by LIANS and NSBS from 9am-4pm. Sessions may be eligible to count towards your annual CPD requirement, and will be recorded and posted online following the event. Lawyers and their staff are welcome to attend. Stay tuned to lians.ca and nsbs.org for additional conference details, and registration information will soon be circulated.

Identify the factors that lead to polarization and learn how to create environments that encourage open and honest dialogue.

In today’s turbulent sociopolitical and economic climate, it is critical for employers and unions to have a firm grasp of foundational principles regarding workplace reorganizations. In this installment of Lancaster’s Workplace Essentials webinar series, panelists will address key issues regarding restructuring.

Strong legal writing is one of the most powerful tools in a lawyer’s toolkit—and one of the most transferable. Whether you're advocating in court, before tribunals, in arbitration, or in strategic advisory work, how you present your argument on the page can shape outcomes long before anything is said aloud. This 90-minute presentation with experienced research and writing lawyer Linda Jensen will teach you how to craft legal documents that are clear, strategic, and persuasive. You’ll learn how to organize complex material, frame issues effectively, tell the story through the facts, blend evidence and law seamlessly, and avoid common pitfalls that weaken your message. Linda will also share insights on the new reality of AI in legal drafting. Packed with helpful examples and guidance from courts, you’ll leave with proven techniques that you can immediately apply to improve the quality of your writing. By the end of the presentation, you’ll know how to: Plan your documents with clarity and purpose— before you start writing Distill complex material into clean, readable, and persuasive prose Apply best practices for different sections of legal documents Understand how AI is changing legal drafting Don’t miss this opportunity to build writing habits that will improve every legal document you produce. Live webinar with chat includes 60 day replay. This program features real-time video of the presenter with synchronized presentation slides, and a chat feature that allows for live Q & A.

The panel will examine how Canadian firms can handle changing practices in the U.S. assess legal and reputational risks of altering EDI commitments, and identify strategies to advance equity amid shifting legal and political climates. Specifically, the panel will discuss: - How are U.S. political and legal developments around EDI influencing Canadian law firm approaches to EDI? What should workplace leaders be paying attention to as they monitor developments? - To what extent could offering EDI initiatives conflict with provincial law society mandates on EDI education, human rights, and rules of professional responsibility? - Are rollbacks of EDI permissible under Canadian human rights and employment equity legislation? How might legislative and Charter provisions permitting “special programs” impact that analysis? - If a firm discontinues a specific EDI initiative, what steps should it take to ensure continued alignment with its values, avoid reputational harm, and protect the well-being of employees? - What practical strategies can Canadian firms adopt to maintain EDI integrity while navigating cross-border business pressures and polarized public discourse? - In a shifting regulatory environment, what steps can workplaces take to uphold EDI values in hiring, client relationships, and firm culture?

This intensive professional learning program is designed to develop the advanced dispute resolution skills that labour relations professionals need in order to be successful in their roles. Participants will have the opportunity to observe dispute resolution techniques used by experienced professional mediators — and to use those techniques as they attempt to resolve a workplace dispute. To make the simulation as realistic as possible, actors will play the role of the aggrieved party. Aimed at labour relations professionals with basic to intermediate knowledge of mediation and workplace dispute resolution techniques, this session aims not to create professional mediators but to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to: - Defuse tensions and manage workplace conflict - Resolve grievances without resorting to lengthy and expensive arbitration processes - Make effective use of informal and formal mediation as a management or union representative Who is this program designed for? - Graduates of the Lancaster House–Toronto Metropolitan University Labour Relations Certificate Program - Labour relations professionals with 3 or more years of experience working full-time for an employer or a union, including: -- Human resources professionals -- Labour relations officers -- Local union leadership -- Managers -- Union staff -Labour and employment lawyers in their first 5 years of practice