The past year has produced several ground breaking legal cases in various industry settings that all HR Professionals should be aware of. Jamie will review several of the cases that have arisen over the past year here in New Brunswick as well as in other Provinces. This promises to be a high intensity session that will provide legal perspectives on the most influential employment decisions of 2015.

Decision Making with the HARD Model and the importance of Values will be discussed. The conditions and the subconscious behaviors behind the process will be treated.

Jamie will review several cases that have arisen over the past year here in New Brunswick as well as in other Provinces providing advice, tips and take-aways you as HR Professionals, can implement in your workplace. Please join us for a high intensity morning session that will cover legal trends in some of the most challenging areas facing HR professionals today. We encourage you to bring your business leaders along. For those of you in unionized environments, why not invite your union leadership!

Performance Reviews are seen as the dreaded time of year where both managers and employees hope that if they wait long enough, maybe everyone will forget about it. Performance Reviews are great opportunities for managers and employees to meet and have a sincere conversation about an employee’s job performance, needs and ambitions. It is also a good opportunity for a manager to receive some feedback on their own performance as a supervisor. If done right, Performance Reviews are an ideal time to review past performance and identify accomplishments and any needs in the future (training, coaching, support, etc.). They may seem like a lot of work, but if structured and prepared properly, it is surprising how little time they actually take. Performance Review processes may change in complexity from company to company but at the end of the day it is all about good communication…and we could all use more of that in our workplace. This workshop will review some of the challenges and practical approaches that can be used when preparing and completing Performance Reviews. In addition, we will look at practical tips when dealing with some of the more difficult conversations. Let’s turn Performance Reviews from dreaded discussion to a welcomed exchange!