One of your many roles as in-house counsel includes employment terminations, which can become a very complex issue.  Join us for an engaging examination of challenges arising in termination of shareholder or owner employment, followed by a high-level update on the latest case law surrounding social media as it relates to employee terminations and other employment law issues.

Terminating Shareholders:  What the Real Fight is About
Speaker:  Jeffrey E. Goodman, Partner, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP

• Detailed discussion of the important aspects of the remedy of oppression you need to know
• Distinguishing oppression from derivative actions
• The interaction between wrongful dismissal and oppression claims for share purchases
• What constitutes oppressive conduct against an employee?  Against a shareholder?
• Bhasin:  How does the Supreme Court’s decision to impose a general duty of honesty in contract performance impact wrongful dismissal/oppression remedy claims?
• Challenges in determining who is your client and how to advise ethically in ownership disputes

Social Media Related to Employment Law Issues: Update
Moderator:  Dolores M. Barbini, Partner, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Speakers: 
Melissa L. Arruda, Legal Counsel, Toronto Catholic District School Board
Amanda Brennan, Manager Information, Privacy & Legal Counsel, Ornge

Social media has changed the way we do business and created new challenges for employers.  We will review and discuss:

• The latest case law on the ability of employers to discipline and/or terminate for off-duty conduct on social media
• How employers should respond when their employees become the target of social media harassment
• Social media as an investigation tool

Program Chair: Steven Lewis, Legal Counsel, Cancer Care Ontario

With special remarks from Laila Brabander, Vice President, Canadian 3rd Party Manager (Casualty and Specialty), Chubb Insurance Company of Canada and Chair, CCCA Ontario Chapter.

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