Canadian HR Reporter

January 27, 2014

Canadian HR Reporter is the national journal of human resource management. It features the latest workplace news, HR best practices, employment law commentary and tools and tips for employers to get the most out of their workforce.

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CALENDAR CANADIAN HR REPORTER Designed for emerging, highpotential or mid-level leaders from private, public or not-forprofit organizations who wish to understand and enhance their personal leadership styles to improve their overall performance. Presented by: The Banff Centre Location: Banff, Alta. Cost: $6,480 (includes tuition, meals and accommodation) Tel.: (403) 762-6331 Email: Sarah_VanTine@ banffcentre.ca Web: www.banffleadership.com FEBRUARY 10 11 Certificate in Financial Management for HR Professionals: Fundamentals Learning how to interpret and speak the language of finance is a must to effectively understand, communicate and work with colleagues in finance, accounting and operations. Learn how to interpret financial data and interact professionally on finance matters. This certificate program is organized into nine modules, and includes facilitator-led discussions, case reviews and group activity. Presented by: Human Resources Professionals Association and the CGA Location: Toronto Cost: Member $1,290; non-member $1,495 Tel.: (800) 387-1311 Email: info@hrpa.ca Web: www.hrpa.ca FEBRUARY 12 Leading Change for HR This workshop is geared towards HR professionals who are involved in a variety of projects and initiatives across an organization — either to directly provide change management support or to advise others on the kind of change management support they might need. Learn how to access the overall impact of change, the degree to which change management efforts will be required to drive business results, and to influence decision-makers to make the right level of investment in change management. Presented by: BC Human Resources Management Association Location: Burnaby, B.C. Cost: Member $220; non-member $310 Tel.: (800) 665-1961 Email: registration@bchrma.org Web: www.bchrma.org FEBRUARY 13 Handling the Politics of Workplace Bullying Learn to create accountability and stop workplace bullying. Provides HR professionals with a process for fully understanding what happened and resolving staff issues, disagreements and any disruptive behaviour. Understand when and how to hold a three-way mediation and when to hold an intervention. Presented by: Human Resource Management Association of Manitoba Location: Winnipeg Cost: Member $295; non-member $345 Tel.: (204) 943-2836 Email: hrmam@hrmam.org Web: www.hrmam.org FEBRUARY 13 14 Discipline and Employment Termination Highlights include establishing just cause, developing a termination process to minimize risk, methods for handling difficult terminations, trends in employment law affecting termination, termination grounds stemming from employee misuse of social media, progressive discipline and termination for poor performance, constructive dismissal claims and best practices. Presented by: Federated Press Location: Toronto Cost: $1,975 Tel.: (800) 363-0722 ext. 221 Email: Danielle_delannoy@ federatedpress.com Web: www.federatedpress.com FEBRUARY 23 28 Labour Relations Foundations Develop foundational skills in collective bargaining, grievance mediation and arbitration. Topics include labour law, the union perspective, discipline and discharge, investigation techniques, the collective bargaining process, labour relations' role in creating a highperformance culture. Includes case presentations and a collective bargaining simulation. Presented by: Queens University IRC Location: Kingston, Ont. Cost: $5,095 Tel.: (888) 858-7838 Email: irc@queensu.ca Web: irc.queensu.ca FEBRUARY 27 CanSafePro Annual Health and Safety Professionals Conference Designed for OHS leaders, HR professionals and senior executives. Topics include a risk-based approach to OHS, contracting, implementing a health and safety management system, due diligence and more. Visit Canadian HR Reporter and Canadian Occupational Safety at our Thomson Reuters booth. Presented by: 4S Consulting Services Location: Concord, Ont. Cost: $289 Tel.: (416) 873-8848 Email: sobi@4sconsult.com Web: www.cansafepro.com MARCH 5 6 Embracing Ability: Making It Happen The focus of this conference is on actual, effective examples of how to make the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the workforce happen. Presented by: Abilities In Mind, a program of the BC Centre for Ability Location: Vancouver Cost: $295 Tel.: (604) 451-5511 ext. 1384 Email: Karen.Lai@bc-cfa.org Web: www.abilitiesinmind.ca MARCH 5 6 Bottom Line 2014: Workplace Mental Health. It's Personal. The annual national conference brings together business leaders, policy-makers, researchers and workers to improve mental health in Canadian workplaces. By tapping into the personal connections and insights we each have — along with practical tools — participants will learn how to make a difference at an individual and organizational level. Presented by: Canadian Mental Health Association, B.C. division Location: Vancouver Cost: $525 Tel.: (604) 688-3234 ext. 289 Email: conference@cmha.bc.ca Web: www.bottomlineconference. ca WEBINAR SERIES YOU'VE HIRED A NEW EMPLOYEE BUT HAVE YOU PROTECTED YOUR ORGANIZATION? Get your organization ready to bring a new employee into the fold SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE WORKPLACE Learn how to properly set boundaries for employee social media use both in and outside the workplace Sundeep Gokhale John Dorland Webinar Speakers: Sundeep Gokhale and Jennifer Hodgins, Sherrard Kuzz LLP DATE: ON-DEMAND ACCOMMODATING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Learn best practices to facilitate the development of a more inclusive, barrierfree work environment that promotes the participation of persons with disabilities Webinar Speaker: John Dorland, Graybridge Malkam DATE: ON-DEMAND Carissa Tanzola Iren Koltermann Webinar Speakers: Carissa Tanzola and Ashley Brown, Sherrard Kuzz LLP DATE: ON-DEMAND INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCY: MAXIMIZING COLLABORATION & PRODUCTIVITY Is your organization culturally competent? Learn how it can be that way and how your organization can benefit Webinar Speaker: Iren Koltermann, Graybridge Malkam DATE: ON-DEMAND Just $69 plus applicable taxes. | To register visit: cpdcentre.ca ADVERTISING INDEX BENEFITS CAREpath The Cancer Assistance Program www.carepath.ca ................................pg. 14 EMPLOYMENT LAW Emond Harnden LLP www.ehlaw.ca.....................................pg. 23 HEALTHY WORKPLACES Partners for Mental Health www.notmyselftoday.ca ........................pg. 7 WSPS PartnersinPreventionConference.com .pg. 11 HR CAREER DEVELOPMENT Canadian HR Press www.eCornell.ca....pgs. 2, 10, 13, 14, 23, 26, 28 www.canadianhrpress.ca ......................pg. 9 www.earningthroughlearning.com .........pg. 4 Human Resources Professionals Association ........ pg. 32 HR EDUCATION York University Masters of HR Management Program www.yorku.ca/mhrm ..........................pg. 21 OUTPLACEMENT Career Marketing Specialists www.CMScareers.ca .............................pg. 1 PAYROLL Desjardins Payroll & HR Services www.desjardins.com/HR ......................pg. 5 DLGL Ltd. www.dlgl.com .......................................pg. 3 RECOGNITION Terryberry www.terryberry.com ..............................pg. 6 RECRUITMENT & STAFFING Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada www.CPASource.com ............................pg. 8 TECHNOLOGY DLGL Ltd. www.dlgl.com .......................................pg. 3 TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 3V Communications www.3VCommunicationsskills.com .......pg. 9 Human Resources Professionals Association ........ pg. 32 Industrial Relations CentreQueen's University www.irc.queensu.ca............................pg. 15 IPM - Institute of Professional Management www.workplace.ca/hr-reporter.html......pg. 2 BROWSE FEBRUARY 9 15 Building Personal Leadership 29 hundreds more HRrelated events online at: Hosting an event? 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