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Diversity Hiring & What is Happening to DEI Right Now • Fire Away S7E12

U.S. companies are making headlines for pulling back their DEI efforts. Stuart is joined by Pamela McElvane and Rakesh Tiku for a conversation about diversity hiring and what’s going on right now.

Moms at Work: Building Careers, Fostering Community, and Where Employment Law Fits In • Fire Away S07E09

Allison Venditti, a Toronto career coach and HR expert, joins the podcast to talk about Moms At Work, Canada’s largest community for working mothers.
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ABOUT RUDNER LAW:

At Rudner Law, we see employment relationships as an extension of your interpersonal ones. This is true regardless of whether you are an employee, a multi-national corporation, a start-up, a family business or a non-profit organization. We recognize that interpersonal relationships are complicated. This is why we focus all our energy and resources into mastering the practice of Employment Law, also referred to as HR or Workplace Law. Our lawyers have substantial knowledge, expertise and experience in Employment law and pride themselves in focusing on the practical and business concerns of our clients.

But we make sure that we look beyond just the law and work with our clients to help them make well-reasoned decisions based on all the relevant factors.

Tel: 905-209-6999
Website: https://www.rudnerlaw.ca/

Disability Benefits & Employment Law: What You Need to Know • Fire Away S7E07

Stuart is joined by Andrew Elias, a Toronto partner at Lerners Personal Injury LLC, for a discussion on the overlapping issues between disability benefits and employment law.

Inclusion and Accessibility ahead of National AccessAbility Week

Brittany is back as host and she is joined by Lorin MacDonald! Lorin is a Human Rights Lawyer and a champion for inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility. Ahead of National Access Ability Week, this episode will celebrate achievement as well as identify key initiatives that require more awareness. 

Frequently Asked Questions with A Canadian Business Owner/Employer • Fire Away S7E03

Stuart is joined by Mark Robins, a Canadian business owner and employer, to answer some frequently asked questions that are top of mind right now in Canadian employment law. 

Fire Away: the experience of non-standard worker in today’s workplaces.

Dr. Catherine Connelly is professor of organizational behaviour at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. Her research focuses on the attitudes, behaviours, and experiences of non-standard workers (e.g., temporary agency workers, contractors, temporary foreign workers), the effects of leadership styles on leader well-being, and knowledge hiding in organizations.

Fire Away: when employee disengagement is actually an EDI issue, and what to do about it!

Brittany Taylor chats with Nicole Stibbe about her work at Soulwork Alliance, and how to tell whether your employee disengagement is really a result of a larger workplace culture issue - plus, where to start to address it! 

Fire Away: working through bias and making safe space at work.

Stuart Rudner is joined by DEI consultant and corporate speaker Risha Grant for a discussion on our own unconscious bias and how we can work through that to create safer spaces, where everyone feels respected and included - especially at work!

Using technology to conduct virtual dismissals.

Nadia talks about using technology to conduct virtual dismissals - like using Zoom to fire a worker who is remote, hybrid, or even on leave.

What are an employee’s responsibilities under the duty to accommodate?

Whether you’re an employee or an employer, you’ve probably encountered an accommodation situation. Perhaps as an employee, you need some form of accommodation but are unsure as to how to proceed. In this video, Nadia outlines the concept of “duty to accommodate” and talks about an employee’s responsibilities under this duty.