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Welcome And Introduction

Impairment Update

• scientific update on testing for marijuana impairment:
  • marijuana impairment vs. alcohol impairment
  • methods for testing for impairment: blood testing, urine testing, oral fluid, breath testing, psychophysical testing (SFST/DRE program)
  • detection in the workplace
• legal update on impairment

Wayne Jeffery — Forensic Toxicologist, FADE, Burnaby 
E. Casey McCabe — Teamsters Local Union No. 213, Vancouver
Andrea Zwack — Gall Legge Grant Zwack LLP, Vancouver

Break 

Section 99 and Section 100 Appeals of Arbitral Awards 

• statutory framework, test for determining jurisdiction, and policy considerations
• review of recent cases: Okanagan College Faculty Association and Okanagan College, 2013 BCCA 561 and Sunrise Poultry Processors Ltd., 2017 BCCA 130

Donald J. Jordan, QC — Harris & Company LLP, Vancouver
Tamara Ramusovic — Moore Edgar Lyster LLP, Vancouver

Labour Relations Board Update 

• tribunal transformation and clustering pursuant to 2015 Administrative Tribunals Act amendments
• creation of Ministry of Labour pursuant to OIC 213/17
• review of LRB processes for certification and votes, self-represented litigants, and privacy issues

Jacquie de Aguayo — Registrar, BC Labour Relations Board and Employment Standards Tribunal, Vancouver

Lunch

Deal With The Lying/Difficult Witness 

Craig D. Bavis — Victory Square Law Office, LLP, Vancouver
Peter F. Parsons — Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP, Vancouver

Break 

Arbitration: Practice Points 

• status quo and restraint orders
•  orders that compel evidence/admissibility
• dealing with abuse of process
• problems with mediation
• privacy issues
• case/document management

Dalton L. Larson — Lawyer, Arbitrator & Mediator, The Arbitrators Group, Vancouver
Gabriel M.A. Somjen, QC — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Labour Law Update 

• key cases on the Charter, privacy, human rights, arbitration, Labour Relations Board, and judicial review
• analysis and trends
  
  Delayne M. Sartison, QC — Roper Greyell LLP, Vancouver 
  David W. Tarasoff – Hastings Labour Law Office, Vancouver

Closing Questions and Comments