TevlinGleadle lawyers will figure prominently at the annual CLE Employment Law Conference scheduled for May 8th and 9th, 2014 in Vancouver, BC.
Murray Tevlin’s presentation:
Policy Issues in Employment Law
- why is reasonable notice what it is? why is it calculated the way it is, instead of some other, better way?
- what are the policy reasons behind a requirement that people retire (resign from partnerships) at age 65?
- what should be the correlation of duties of honesty, fair dealing, good faith, etc. as they apply to employees versus employers?
- the tension of workplace “reporting”—why are employees told their complaint will be kept in confidence, when the complainant is entitled to full particulars, etc.
- why doesn’t (shouldn’t) the Employment Standards Act apply to people like farm workers, nannies, and lawyers?
Blair Curtis presents on May 8th on the topic of:
Restrictive Covenants: Recent Developments, Alternatives, and the Death of the Interim Injunction
- notable recent cases
- interpretation of restrictive covenants in the context of:
- employment
- employment following sale of a business
- grey areas
- practical alternatives to restrictive covenants (“golden handcuffs” and “penalties” )
- abandoning the use of interim injunctions
- impact of restrictive covenants on reasonable notice
- drafting tips
Martin Sheard presents on May 9th on the topic of:
Offers of Severance and Re-employment at the Termination of Employment
- practical realities of the process surrounding offers of severance and re-employment at termination
- sufficiency of notice, salary continuance, and mitigation
- developments in the law of mitigation with respect to job offers from a terminating employer
- overview of the “without prejudice” doctrine in relation to offers of re-employment
- other everyday issues which arise in the practice of employment law