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going to have the funds to retire' or 'I don't know how to save more,'" says Titleman. "Apparently, not a lot of Canadian companies are there yet, but I think it's where the market should be going because it is a part of the broader health and wellness strategy." Titleman is a true partner and trusted advisor to the Amex Bank of Canada board of directors. She attends the meetings on a quarterly basis where she reports on the "latest and greatest" in HR and she serves as the secretary for the HR committee of the board. "Anything that would fall on their radar, I am their point person as it relates to HR. Any senior executive appointments, any reviews they need to do, I work very closely with them on that," she says. "It's also good for them to understand what we're doing with our talent… and it's great (for us) to have that independent sounding board." Going forward, Titleman plans to evolve the HR programs already in motion, keep on the cutting edge of the future of work and come up with new ways to enhance the employee experience. "It's all related to how we make people as happy as possible when they are at work, which is where they spend the majority of their time. We will see different fl avours of that as we go through the years," she says. Amanda Silliker is editor of Canadian Occupational Safety magazine in Toronto. 21 21 www.nationalhrawards.com Employment Lawyer Of The Year 2016 National HR Awards LeNoury Law Employment and Labour Law James A. LeNoury B.A. (Hons) M.A. LL.B. Lead Counsel Wilson v. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Supreme Court of Canada Judgment: July 14, 2016 LeNoury Law 199 Bay Street, Ste 4410, P.O. Box 372 Toronto Ontario. 416-926-1107 • Toll Free 1-877-926-1107 • lenourylaw.com Canada Labour Code Human Resources Advice Wrongful Dismissal Collective Bargaining Negotiations Collective Bargaining Arbitration Employment Standards Human Rights Complaints Occupational Health and Safety Workers' Compensation workers. Throughout the case, LeNoury had the privilege of working with scholars from across the country, including professor Harry Arthurs who was commissioned in 2006 by the Minster of Labour to review Part III of the Canada Labour Code. "I recognize and am very appreciative of the team effort," says LeNoury. The support was also across the spectrum, as many recognized the status quo had been working for both sides — employer and employee — for years and respected the true purpose of the unjust dismissal provisions. "I am a management-side employer, primarily, and yet it was a fundamental interpretation legal issue that brought people together to look at the law and prepare and argue the law," says LeNoury. "Everybody worked collegially in this way to respond to a decision that everyone felt the interpretation was just wrong." Although LeNoury had no idea of the impact of this case when he took it on in 2012, he was glad to have the opportunity to be a part of something so far-reaching. "As a lawyer, that was a pretty meaningful experience to go from day-to-day lawyering and resolving fi les… to be involved at a level like this with a legal issue that was important to the country, to 500,000 people and was important to lawyers and legal scholars." At this point, LeNoury is in the process of setting hearing dates to review the merits of Wilson's complaint that he was terminated as a result of bringing to light improper procurement practices. " I t ' s b e e n l o n g a n d understandably not something Joe Wilson expected when he fi led, on its face, what seemed to be a routine complaint," says LeNoury. "Seven years later, he still hasn't had his case determined on the merits. He needs a decision so he can move forward." Amanda Silliker is editor of Canadian Occupational Safety magazine in Toronto. Long road LENOURY < pg.20 HR programs evolving NAOMI TITLEMAN< pg.15

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