The Lawyers Weekly - May 21, 2010

This book provides a much-needed roadmap that will help companies to understand not only the law in this area, but also how to responsibly apply it. Author Dianne Dyck and an experienced, multidisciplinary team of co-authors provide expertise in health care, occupational health and safety services, labour and employment law, human rights legislation, and privacy law. The resulting publication is a timely and indispensable step-by-step guide that offers readers real world examples of compliance programs that make sense.

$300 + GST • 1 Volume • Looseleaf + CD-ROM • March 2010 • Updates Billed as Issued ISBN: 9780433462194

Disability Management – Theory, Strategy & Industry Practice, 4th Edition Dianne E.G. Dyck

This book addresses how to design, implement and market an integrated disability management program, the roles of the various stakeholders, the legal and ethical issues involved, the value of integration with other company programs, how to measure program success or failure, the impact of cultural diversity and four generations in the workplace, the requisite skills of disability management professionals/practitioners, and the future challenges in disability management — professionalism, education, certification and global associations.

$135 + GST • 1,001 Pages • Softcover • 2009 • ISBN: 9780433459958

Employment Obligations & Confidential Information, 2nd Edition Gregory K. Steele, Q.C., & Dr. Kenneth Wm. Thornicroft

This work examines the issue of competition by present and former employees. It identifies actions that are available to employers to respond to this competition, and emphasizes problems arising from the misuse of confidential information and the breach of fiduciary duty. The book covers obligations owed by employees to their employers at common law and the ability of employers to modify those obligations through the proper use of employment contracts. It also covers the remedies available to employers when employees fail to honour those obligations.

$95 + GST • 337 Pages • Softcover • 2009 • ISBN: 9780433457459

The Law of Employee Monitoring in Canada

Melanie R. Bueckert; Foreword by: David Loukidelis, Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia

This guide, for employment and labour lawyers, privacy specialists, in-house corporate counsel and HR professionals, outlines the implications of technologically assisted employee monitoring in both unionized and non-unionized workplaces in Canada. It brings together existing legislation and case law, and provides recommendations on the use of video and audio surveillance, computers, Internet and email monitoring, location awareness technologies (such as GPS and RFID) and biometrics.

$85 + GST • 306 Pages • Softcover • 2009 • ISBN: 9780433459767

Workplace Health & Safety Crimes, 2nd Edition

Norm Keith

This book takes you systematically through the implications of the legislation by explaining the new duty to take “reasonable steps” to prevent bodily harm; providing an overview of the law of criminal negligence; presenting a section-by-section analysis of Bill C-45; and offering a general overview of Canadian OHS law including a discussion of the internal and external responsibility systems.

$75 + GST • Sofcover • 278 Pages • 2009 • ISBN: 9780433456308

Palmer & Snyder: Collective Agreement Arbitration in Canada, 4th Edition General Editor: Ronald M. Snyder; Contributors: Michael Bendel, Beth Bilson, Q.C., Richard J. Charney, Richard Hornung, Q.C., Paula Knopf, Paul Lordon, Q.C., Ian R. Mackenzie, Michele A. Pineau, Ronald M. Snyder, John Steeves & Dr. Kenneth Wm. Thornicroft

This edition features revised and expanded coverage. All topical areas have been brought up to date, and chapters focusing on important new areas in collective agreement arbitration have been added. These include new materials dealing with the legislative context, privacy, standard of review, human rights, and accommodation.

$250 + GST • 1,003 Pages • Hardcover • 2009 • ISBN: 9780433449225

Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Act & Commentary, 2011 Edition Garth Dee & Gary Newhouse

This concise guide to the law relating to workers compensation in Ontario is designed for lawyers, in-house counsel, human resources professionals and workers’ advisory organizations. The book contains 12 chapters, outlining the law in Ontario and the procedural requirements of handling or appealing a claim.

$55 + GST • Approx. 575 Pages • Softcover • June 2010 • Annual • Standing Order Terms Apply* ISBN: 9780433465546

Workers’ Compensation in British Columbia

Warren Hoole; Founding Editors: Heather McDonald & Marguerite Mousseau

This much-anticipated publication provides, for the first time ever, a comprehensive overview of the law, policy and practice of the workers’ compensation system in British Columbia. Until now, anyone looking for answers about B.C. workers’ compensation issues had to piece together information from a number of resources, making it a challenge to understand the system and keep up with constant policy and practice changes.

$195 + GST • 1 Volume • Looseleaf • Updates Billed as Issued • 2009 • ISBN: 9780433453505

Alcohol and Drugs in the Canadian Workplace – An Employer’s Guide to the Law, Prevention and Management of Substance Abuse Norm Keith & Ailsa J. Wiggins

This book is a practical guide to alcohol and drug policies and their development, implementation, and enforcement. It is an essential resource for Canadian employers and their advisers who are faced with the increasingly complex problem of workplace substance use and abuse.

$75 + GST • 340 Pages • Softcover • 2008 • ISBN: 9780433457367

Halsbury’s® Laws of Canada – Employment

Geoffrey England Halsbury’s Employment provides a thorough and straightforward understanding of this important area of law, knowledgeably covering topics such as: employment standards and other protective legislation, human rights legislation, making the contract of employment, statutory obligations of the employer, obligations and duties of the employee and termination of the employment relationship.

$135** + GST • 70 Volumes • Hardcover • Updates Billed as Issued • ISBN: 9780433454946 $270 + GST • Hardcover • 696 Pages • 2007 • Updates Billed as Issued • ISBN: 9780433454281