From doubled fines to AI hiring liability, employment lawyer and HRFest Canada 2026 panellist says organizations risk falling behind

Canadian HR teams are sitting on a growing stack of legal exposure they haven't fully reckoned with – and the pace of change is only accelerating, according to Erin Kuzz, founding partner at Sherrard Kuzz LLP, a management-side employment law boutique in Toronto. Kuzz will make her case at HRFest Canada 2026 as a panellist on the Risk Radar panel – a session designed to surface the employment law calls that keep HR leaders up at night, from termination clauses to human rights obligations – ahead of the two-day festival on November 10 and 11 in Toronto.

Now in its second year, HRFest Canada brings together more than 750 HR professionals, executives and innovation leaders alongside upwards of 120 speakers, with 40-plus networking activities across five dedicated stages: The Hangar, The Leaders Forum, The Vault, The Lab and The Loft. Kuzz's Risk Radar panel sits within The Hangar – the main stage for key panels, live podcasts, and important debates. Key legal issues will also be tackled in a live legal Q&A in The Vault – a stage that will be taking a sharper, practitioner-first angle for its panels.

Kuzz attended HRFest Canada in 2025 and describes the experience as notably different than at other comparable industry events. “People were genuinely happy to be there and engaged in what they were hearing and watching,” says Kuzz. “It just...

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