Your clients invest in their employees and support them in developing skills, client lists and industry expertise. Then employees leave. How do you minimize the risk of unfair competition when an employee departs? Our panel of private practice and in-house counsel will share expert insights to equip you with the necessary skills to protect the organization, including:

• Exploring current trends in the law of restrictive covenants
• Critical drafting techniques to maximize the enforceability of your restrictive covenants
• Key contractual alternatives to restrictive covenants, such as garden leaves and claw-back provisions in deferred compensation plans
• What security and monitoring measures can you use to reduce the risk of post-employment obligation breaches?
• Best practices for responding when an ex-employee breaches post-employment obligations and/or engages in unfair competition

SPEAKERS

Simone Cole, Senior Director-Legal Counsel, George Weston Limited and Loblaw Companies Limited
Michael Richards, Davis LLP 
Michelle Small, AVP, Employee Relations, Employment Practices and Policies,  TD Bank Group
Daniel Wong, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Lynne Lacoursiere, Torys LLP
Helen Liu, Legal Counsel, Intact Financial Corporation