Investigations & Interrogations:Representing Members in Employer Interviews
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Investigations & Interrogations: Representing Members in Employer Interviews (All Levels)
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September 28, Tuesday - 9:30am to 4:00pm - VIA ZOOM VIDEO CONFERENCE
Registration: 1 Day
Picture this, you are a shop steward and get a request from an HR manager to sit in on an interview of a union member as part of an investigation; they won’t tell you or the worker what it’s about or let you speak along, and the manager is vague and accusatory and threatens to discipline the member if they do not cooperate. What can you do as a shop steward? How do you best represent the member and reduce the possibility of discipline? At discipline arbitrations the employer’s key evidence is their investigation. This course will help you, as a worker’s advocate, to level the playing field by knowing the rights of the employees and limits of employers in Investigations.
Facilitator: Mary Thibodeau, Moore Edgar Lyster LLP
Mary Thibodeau is a labour, employment, and human rights lawyer at Moore Edgar Lyster LLP who represents both unions and individual workers. May has previously been a shop steward and organizer for a pubic sector union. Mary is excited to be returning to the VDLC to participate in the knowledge exchange and lively discussions amongst unions and workers during the VDLC’s Labour Education Series.