Please join us for the annual legal update with Lucie LaBoissonnière and Lauren Cicin from McInnes Cooper. We will be doing our format of a half-day session once again. This year, there will be a refresher on workplace investigations. We will address when they should be conducted, what are the hallmarks of a good investigation and other related issues such as procedural fairness, confidentiality, assessing credibility and evidentiary issues.  

In 2017, New Brunswick’s Human Rights Act was amended to include two new prohibited grounds of discrimination: “family status” and “gender identity and expression”. We will address how these amendments might affect the workplace and how HR professionals can be prepared to deal with the duty to accommodate in these types of cases.

The legalization of recreational marijuana scheduled for July 1, 2018 is expected to have some impact on the workplace. We will highlight the potential issues from a health and safety perspective as well as the employer’s duty to accommodate, the scope of drug testing and employees privacy rights.  

Finally, we will be presenting summaries of recent cases of particular interest to members of CPHR New Brunswick, on a wide range of issues related to the workplace, focusing on how they might impact employers. We hope that you will join us.

In July 2017, Korn Ferry Hay Group conducted its annual compensation planning update for the upcoming year. Organizations were surveyed with an online questionnaire for their forecasts for base salary policy and base salary actual for the next twelve months. Seven hundred and twenty organizations responded: 461 industrial, 123 financial and 251 organizations from the broader public sector. Join us to explore the results and to look at the compensation trends and strategies we can expect for 2018.

All employers want a healthy and safe workplace. Safety at work can be negatively impacted by many factors, not the least of which is substance abuse. While 10% of the population self-identifies as having an active addiction, the reality of use is much higher and presents a real and present concern in the workplace. Drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace leads to injuries, decreased morale and lost time, to name a few. Employers’ costs related to human resources and health and medical benefits increase substantially, and the negative effect on employees impacts productivity and profitability in countless ways.

With the availability of medically authorized cannabis for medical purposes and with legalization of marijuana legislation just around the corner, Human Resource Professionals are being asked to ensure proper policies and programs are in place to address workplace health and safety concerns – for all employees.  Senior Leadership as well as employees will be looking to HR to guide them when substance use/abuse issues arise. What we do and how we do it will set precedent and needs to be established using logical processes reflective of best practices.

Learning Objectives

Join us for this workshop as presenter, Nadine Wentzell, prepares us as HR Professionals to address the critical issue of managing substance use and abuse in the workplace.  The session will cover the following:
- Recognition and how to address issues
- Workplace Drug and Alcohol Policy & Programs
- Employers rights and responsibilities under that policy
- When medical prescriptions cause safety concerns – What rights does the employer have?

Return to Work Programs

- Processes to follow
- How to re-integrate for success/minimize relapse

Participants will leave this session with strategies to address substance use and abuse in the workplace, templates of example policies, and other resources to help guide HR Professionals through this topic.

The CPHR New Brunswick Moncton Chapter Executive cordially invites members and one guest each to our appreciation holiday celebration. This drop-in event will also be a fundraiser for the Food Depot Alimentaire. We will be accepting donations of non-perishable food items, and in return members will receive a free drink ticket while quantities last. Delicious hors d’oeuvres will be served during live festive music. To cap off this wonderful evening, several door prizes will be given to lucky winners. We look forward to welcoming our members and their guest as a thank you for your support throughout the year.