What’s Brewing Ottawa-Gatineau!
Join the free virtual networking events hosted each month by local CSAE Network Councils and take part in facilitated conversation about a current topic relevant to association professionals. All are welcome to this event at no charge (both members and non-members).
When
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021 — 8:00 to 9:00 am EST
What We Will Talk About
Return to Office – Legal/HR Considerations for: In Person, Hybrid and Remote organizations
Speaker
Raquel Chisholm, partner, Emond Harnden LLP
Raquel Chisholm advises employers at both the Ontario and Federal jurisdictions in all areas of labour and employment law, with a particular focus on human rights, disability management, and pay equity. Raquel provides a wide variety of services including drafting employment contracts, management training, legal opinions, collective bargaining, and policy writing. She represents clients at labour arbitrations, as well as human rights hearings before the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (“HRTO”). Raquel’s experience before the HRTO has led to her appointment on the HRTO’s Practice Advisory Committee Raquel has a great wealth of experience in the area of pay equity. Knowledge and experience in both the provincial and federal sectors, she has aided clients with pay equity audits, conducted seminars for employers, negotiated pay equity plans, responded to and settled pay equity complaints, and assisted clients with addressing and managing their pay equity obligations both in achieving and maintaining pay equity.
Before embarking on her legal career, Raquel worked for The War Amputations of Canada for seven years and developed an expertise in many areas of charity and not-for-profit management. During that time, Raquel became a member of the Canadian Society of Association Executives (“CSAE”) and earned her Certified Association Executive (“CAE”) designation through its Association Management Education Program. Raquel uses this experience to advise her charity and not-for-profit clients on corporate governance matters such as corporate law compliance, by-law revisions and conflict of interest matters.