HR Law Conference - Session #3: What Employers Need to Know about the OHSA and WSIB
OnDemand Bundle
This session will tackle employer obligations as they relate to WSIB claims, the duty to investigate under the OHSA and other OHSA concerns. The exclusive jurisdiction of the WSIB and WSIAT and handling work refusals in light of COVID-19 are other key topics that will be discussed.
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SPEAKERS:
Carissa N. Tanzola
Partner, Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP
Carissa Tanzola is a partner at Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP and represents unionized and non-unionized employers in all areas of labour and employment law. In addition to regularly providing advice with respect to employment contracts, discipline, terminations, labour disputes and grievances, Carissa has expertise in workplace accidents and injuries, occupational health and safety, worker’s compensation, disability management and accommodation, human rights and workplace issues being pursued in multiple jurisdictions.
Carissa is an experienced litigator, investigator and former Vice Chair of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal. She provides proactive, practical and cost-effective legal advice, while always being mindful of business objectives.
Carissa is a co-author of the Employer’s Guide to Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance (Carswell) and regularly speaks, writes and teaches on timely labour and employment issues for industry groups and legal organizations. She was twice the Chair of the Ontario Bar Association Labour and Employment Section and is an Ontario Representative for the Canadian Association of Council to Employers’ Health and Safety Committee. She volunteers with Pro Bono Ontario’s Free Legal Advice Hotline and with community legal projects such as the ROSA project (reference material for victims of harassment and assault in the workplace). Carissa is ranked in the Canadian Lexpert® Directory for 2021 and has also been named to the RefertoHer list, a prestigious listing of experienced female litigators to whom work can be confidently referred.