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Report Code: HRP14972.  September, 2014  |  Halifax, NS

ARTICLE 1: Conflict Resolution & Mediation in Employment Relations: Avoiding Employment Breakdown

Kathryn A. Raymond
Arbitrator, Mediator, Lawyer
BoyneClarke LLP

ARTICLE 2: Progressive Discipline

Dale Darling
Legal Counsel, Labour Relations
Health Association Nova Scotia

Jack Graham, Q.C.
Partner
McInnes Cooper

ARTICLE 3: Extended Leaves of Absence – When is the Employment Relationship Over?

Kelly VanBuskirk
Partner
Lawson Creamer

ARTICLE 4: Non-Culpable Terminations – Issues, Entanglements and Complications

R. Lester (Les) Jesudason, Q.C.
Partner
Blois, Nickerson & Bryson LLP

ARTICLE 5: Termination for Just Cause: Latest Developments

Clarence Bennett
Partner
Stewart McKelvey

ARTICLE 6: Wrongful Termination

Lisa Gallivan
Partner
Stewart McKelvey

ARTICLE 7: Discrimination Based on Family Status

Amy Bradbury
Associate
Ritch Durnford

ARTICLE 8: Family Status, Human Rights and Dismissal from Employment

Amy Bradbury
Associate
Ritch Durnford

Ronald E. Pizzo
Partner
Pink Larkin

ARTICLE 9: Age Discrimination in the Workplace

Alison Bird
Associate
Cox & Palmer

Paméla Schiavoni
Legal Counsel
New Brunswick Human Rights Commission

ARTICLE 10: Accommodation, Undue Hardship and Termination Latest Approaches and Legal Developments

Myrna Gillis
Partner
Gillis & Associates

ARTICLE 11: The Employment Contract: Termination Issues

Karen A. Campbell, Q.C.
Partner
Cox & Palmer

ARTICLE 12: Recent Developments in Employment and Labour Law: New Legislative Protections for Unpaid Leave for Some Unfortunate Parents; Essential Services legislation in Nova Scotia; Random Drug/Alcohol Testing in Dangerous Workplaces: Update on Irving Pulp & Paper; Quit or Fired in Nova Scotia

Michael V. Coyle
Barrister Arbitrator Mediator
MVC Private Law

ARTICLE 13: Temporary Foreign Workers – Latest Developments of Employer Compliance

Andrea Baldwin
Partner
Stewart McKelvey

ARTICLE 14: Why Provide Career Transition Services?

Mildred Royer
President
Royer Thomson Associates

ARTICLE 15: Update on Damages for Wrongful Dismissal

Michael V. Coyle
Barrister Arbitrator Mediator
MVC Private Law

ARTICLE 16: Avoiding the Minefields: Pensions and Other Benefits on Dismissal

Hugh Wright
Partner
McInnes Cooper

ARTICLE 17: Protecting IP and Competitive Information: Issues Around the Use and Enforcement of Restrictive Covenants and Confidentiality Agreements

Murray L. Murphy, Q.C.
Partner
Stewart McKelvey

ARTICLE 18: A Restorative Approach — Province of Nova Scotia

Gerald Hashey
Dispute Resolution Manager
Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission

ARTICLE 19: Restorative Workplaces, Conflict and Discipline: Where do Terminations Fit in a Restorative Workplace?

Lisa Teryl
Legal Counsel
Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission