Tuesday, December 1, 2026
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST
Members: $170
Non-Members: $250
Popular, long-standing session for long-term care leaders
For many not-for-profit and municipal long-term care homes, collective bargaining happens independently, with limited sector-wide coordination. This webinar will help you understand the broader bargaining landscape in health care and the public sector, so you can better prepare for your own negotiations.
This popular, long-standing session gives members a practical update on recent bargaining developments and what to watch in for in the year ahead.
Join this timely webinar to hear from Jamie Burns, a labour and employment lawyer from Hicks Morley, on the latest collective bargaining trends.
In this webinar, you will gain insights into the:
- Recent awards and trends of wage increases
- Expectations and trends in bargaining and approaches unions are taking within the sector
- Trends towards going into interest arbitration
- General principles of excluding positions from bargaining units
- Bargaining pressures amid limited 2026/27 funding increases
- Sector interest in ONA Charter challenge developments

Associate, Hicks Morley
Jamie Burns is a labour and employment lawyer in Hicks Morley’s Toronto office. Her practice involves providing strategic advice and representation to employers and management in both the private and public sectors on a wide range of labour, employment and human rights issues. This includes grievance arbitrations, collective bargaining, labour disputes, occupational health and safety, human rights and accommodation and employment standards.
Important Notice: Your registration fee entitles you to ONE telephone line/VOIP connection. Any additional connections from the same home or organization will incur an additional charge for the full registration fee.
To have multiple staff members participate, each staff member must either complete a separate registration form and pay the full fee or listen in from the same room (e.g., a conference room).
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Cancellations: Cancellations will be accepted up to five working days prior to the date of the program less a 15% administration fee that will apply regardless of the status of payment. Registrants who fail to attend the program or cancel after the deadline date shall be liable for the full fee. There is no charge for delegate substitutions. The AdvantAge Ontario Education Department reserves the right to cancel or reschedule this program.

