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Competent Supervisor Under the ESA/Human Rights
One of the challenges of being a supervisor or manager is knowing all the legal stuff you have to do. If there’s a collective agreement, then you can follow that, but what about all the legal stuff around hours of work, vacation, or if you have to terminate an employee. Or what if an employee comes to you and shares that they feel that discrimination is happening in their team, and they don’t want to tolerate it anymore. Now what?
Depending upon the size of your organization, you may be able to contact Human Resources/People Services for advice, but you keep thinking that it would be so helpful if ‘I just knew a little more about these topics so that I don’t feel like a deer in the headlights’.
Employment Standards Act and Human Rights for Supervisors and Managers
The Employment Standards Act (ESA) of Ontario provides a legal framework that outlines the minimum standards for most employees working in the province. It covers a wide range of employment aspects, including but not limited to hours of work, termination and severance, leave of absence and equal pay to name a few. The Human Rights Code of Ontario is a provincial law that guarantees equality before the law and prohibits discrimination in specific social areas such as housing, employment, contracts, goods, services, and facilities.
How You’ll Benefit
This session will provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the legal rights and responsibilities in the workplace related to employment law and human rights. This workshop is designed to inform leaders about the latest developments in employment legislation and how to ensure compliance with human rights standards.
Who Should Attend
If you have supervisory responsibility at your workplace and may not be familiar with the Employment Standards Act and the Human Rights Code, you should attend.
What You’ll Learn
By participating in this program, you’ll have the following learning opportunities:
- Explore the key legislation covering supervisory practices;
- Examine workplace accommodation, disability family status and mental health issues;
- Understanding discrimination, harassment, and the duty to accommodate, as well as strategies for creating an inclusive work environment.
- Manage diversity & accommodation challenges
- Avoiding claims of discrimination in the hiring process by using legally defensible processes;
- Examine the difference between work and workplace performance; and
- Explore the fundamentals of fact finding
What’s Our Approach
This program is delivered in a virtual format through Microsoft Teams and delivered in three two-hour sessions.
We use interactive approaches geared to your learning style, plus lots of discussion and learning from each other. The result is a learning environment that is fun and has immediate transfer to the work environment.
Course Details
Virtual Classroom
Oct 22 – Nov 5, 2024 @ 6-8 pm (Tues)
$ 395 plus HST
Facilitator: Caroline Monsell
Prerequisite: None
For Questions?
Contact Alec Bauer at abauer@loyalistcollege.com or 613-969-1913 Ext 2504