Canada Labour and Employee Relations Network

What we offer

  • Community

    Members benefit from a close-knit network of fellow thought leaders who share critical, timely information and perspectives at and between sessions.

  • Steering Committee

    Steering committee sets the strategic direction with focus on current workplace challenges and emerging LR/ER issues. Canada committee members include: Canada: Honeywell, Aramark, Bimbo, SNC Lavalin, IESO.

  • Benchmark Surveys

    Flash member e-surveys are conducted on hot issues that require quick turnaround. Members can benchmark prevailing and emerging practices and receive intelligence from a trusted source, thereby offering an ‘insider’s view’ of how top Canadian companies approach LR and ER issues.

  • Hybrid Calendar

    Live and virtual sessions are offered on Canadian and global labour issues and are open to participation by members’ colleagues around the globe.

Upcoming sessions

26 February - Virtual

21 - 22 May - LIVE SESSION Toronto

23 July - Virtual

29 - 30 October - LIVE SESSION Toronto

Member companies

  • 3M

  • 407 ETR

  • Aramark

  • BCE

  • Bimbo

  • Boeing

  • Canada Post

  • Canadian National Railway

  • Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

  • ConAgra

  • Crown Cork & Seal

  • Electrical Safety Authority

  • Gateway Casinos

  • General Dynamics

  • GM

  • Goodyear

  • Halifax Employers Association

  • Heidelberg Materials

  • Honeywell

  • Hydro One

  • IESO

  • IPG

  • Labatt

  • Maple Lodge Farms

  • Maritime Employers Association

  • Nexans

  • Ontario Power Generation

  • Penske

  • Pratt & Whitney

  • Russel Metals

  • Sanofi

  • SMS Equipment

  • SNC-Lavalin

  • Unilever

  • Vale

  • Via Rail

  • WestRock

  • WSIB

Recent topics

  • COVID challenges – regular Roundtable discussions covering all emerging challenges

  • Flexible working implications and Employee Relations – policies and procedures for the ‘next normal’

  • Virtual bargaining – here to stay? How to manage hybrid approaches

  • Vaccine mandates – what’s required, how to manage, consequences for employers

  • COVID related PTO – evolving policies  

  • Recent bargaining with unions across sectors and markets

  • Arbitration trends

  • Responding to trade challenges and the evolving workplace

  • Using data analytics to determine Employee Relations strategy

  • Response to fatalities and injuries in the workplace

  • The Canadian Labour Movement

  • The Canada-Eurozone Trade Agreement

  • The Strategic Importance of Labour Relations to CEOs

  • A lesson In bargaining in IPOs

  • Organized Labour’s political and legislative agenda

  • Bargaining in the face of wage restraints

  • The Ontario Labour Board: New Chair, New Vision

  • The Labour Perspective: Canada, the US, the Globe

  • Workplace Accommodation: How Does it Work in Practice?

  • Union organizing trends

  • The new Ontario economy

  • Canada, the US and reflections on free trade

  • The State of the trade union movement in Ontario

  • Managing Absenteeism and Disabilities in a unionized workplace

  • New Chair of the Canada Industrial Relations Board: New Direction

  • The underfunded pension dilemma

  • Cross-border issues and the US Labour Relations agenda

Membership fee

The 2023 membership fee is $8,800, which covers the two live sessions attended by two senior-level representatives, and five attendees for the virtual sessions. The fee is prorated for those joining mid-year.

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