Speaking Events

How to Effectively Prevent Human Rights Complaints in Your Workplace Webinar

9 December 2015

Does your company have the proper policies in place to protect against potential human rights complaints? 

For the year of 2013-2014,     the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario received 3,242 applications, of which 74% alleged employment-related discrimination and 54% of the applications were related to Discrimination based on “Disability”.
Harassment the workplace is a serious issue that is raising growing concern in businesses across the country.  Discrimination in the workplace is common and often occurs under the employer’s radar. These types of matters not only decrease productivity among the workforce -they may lead to severe legal complications for your business. As an employer, you have a mandatory legal obligation to ensure that your workplace is free from any form of discrimination.  It is also an employer’s responsibility to cultivate a healthy work environment.  Through this webinar, we will explore the connection between corporate culture and employee engagement and potential ways to close the gaps. Maintaining a highly engaged, productive and innovative team is essential in helping you achieve success and a competitive advantage.

This webinar will review of the different types of discrimination and the general principles governing the concept of the "Duty to Accommodate."  Through this session, you will learn how to manage discrimination or harassment-related complaints and how to better protect your organization against potential claims.

What Will You Learn:

• An overview of Human Rights in the workplace
• Understanding the Duty to Accommodate
• Impact of Human Rights Code on employees and employers
• Policy issues and policy advice using a human rights lens
• Understand the concept and different types of discrimination
• The basic skills to effectively prevent potential human rights complaints
• How to effectively address workplace discrimination and bullying
• How to conduct an effective workplace investigation
• Practical tips for preventing workplace discrimination, harassment and bullying

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