Misconfigured payroll systems, new job‑posting requirements, and expanding sick‑leave and medical‑note regimes ‘sleeper risks’ in spotlight

Employment Law Masterclass Canada 2026 is coming just as the pressures landing on HR continue to mount.

Registration is now open for the masterclass happening virtually on Sept. 29.

The full-day event brings eight practical sessions and a live Q&A straight to your desk. You will hear from partners and senior counsel at firms including Miller Thomson LLP, Gowling WLG, Dentons Canada LLP and Stikeman Elliott LLP — and leave with concrete, practitioner-level steps you can put to work immediately.

Register today to reserve your place.

Cut litigation risk before it lands

Walk in knowing your contracts and policies are ready for 2026. Andrea Raso of Miller Thomson LLP opens the day on the employment standards changes that HR must operationalise now, spotlighting "sleeper" risks such as "misconfigured payroll systems, new job‑posting requirements, and expanding sick‑leave and medical‑note regimes."

Then test your assumptions in Jordan Epstein's session for Gowling WLG, pointedly titled "You Think You're Safe – You're Not." With many "standard" termination clauses no longer compliant, you will learn exactly where courts are striking down common wording — and how to fix yours before it costs you.

HR will also get ahead of the newest dispute trend: employees using tools such as ChatGPT to draft demand letters and pleadings that "overstate...

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