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In part two of our interview with workplace compensation lawyer, Michelle Alton, we a discuss how a new employer rate framework may change the way that employers measure and assess their own risk management

In part one of our interview with workplace compensation lawyer, Michelle Alton, we discuss how COVID-19 may impact workers' eligibility to benefits under the WSIB framework

This week, we’re speaking about workplace compensation law with Michelle Alton, general counsel at the Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal.

Topics: COVID-19 and workplace benefits; a new employer rate framework and mental stress claims in the workplace

⚫  How does COVID impact worker's eligibility to benefits under the WSIB framework? (7:57)
⚫  How does a new employer rate framework change the way that employers measure and assess their own risk management?
⚫  How has the shifting legal view of chronic mental stress apply to the workplace? (27:25)
⚫  Our Ask-Me-Anything segment, featuring five questions submitted by patrons of the Lawyered community (38:44)
🔵  How does your role as tribunal counsel shape the way that you think about access-to-justice? (39:27)
🔵  How can tribunals strike the balance between creating a user-centric process while also ensuring fairness for all parties? (43:00)
🔵  How has COVID impacted the way that workplace compensation law and workplace safety operate? (45:27)
🔵  What are some of the ways in which you foresee this area of law changing in the next few years? (48:18)
🔵  Are virtual hearings here to stay? (50:03)

In our Ask-Me-Anything segment with data protection lawyer, Kris Klein, we canvass 5 questions from members of the Lawyered Patreon community:

🔵 How does a career as a data protection lawyer impact how you personally interact with technology?
🔵 Are there concerns about whether Canadian privacy law will remain "adequate" by EU standards?
🔵 What is expected of the public sector in light of the changes proposed by Bill C-11?
🔵 How do data protection lawyers advise clients on privacy law given the inconsistent level of enforcement?
🔵 What is the relationship between being a lawyer and a policy advocate?

In part three of our interview with data protection lawyer, Kris Klein, we discuss the remaining fall-out of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal and what this forecasts for future of data.

In part two of our interview with data protection lawyer, Kris Klein, we discuss a recent case study about the use of facial recognition technology, and the differences between publicly-available versus publicly-accessible information.

In part one of our interview with data protection lawyer, Kris Klein, we discuss elements of Bill C-11 - the biggest overhaul to privacy legislation in decades.

On this episode, we're chatting about data protection law with Kris Klein, renowned privacy lawyer and the Canadian Managing Director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Topics: Bill C-21 (the biggest privacy legislation overhaul in decades); facial recognition technology; the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and our Ask-Me-Anything segment.

⚫ What does the biggest overhaul of Canada's privacy legislation really look like? (6:32)
⚫ What are the parameters within which facial technology can operate legally? (18:47)
⚫ What does the fall-out from the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal tell us about proper social media practices? (27:27)
⚫ Our new Ask-Me-Anything segment, featuring five questions submitted by patrons of the Lawyered community (25:30)
🔵 How does a career as a data protection lawyer impact how you personally interact with technology? (36:43)
🔵 Are there concerns about whether Canadian privacy law will remain "adequate" by EU standards? (39:44)
🔵 What is expected of the public sector in light of the changes proposed by Bill C-11? (44:29)
🔵 How do data protection lawyers advise clients on privacy law given the relatively low level of practical enforcement? (47:29)
🔵 What is the relationship between being a lawyer and a policy advocate? (50:00)

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In our Ask-Me-Anything segment with Colonel-Maitre Michel Drapeau, we cover the military law questions submitted by members of the Lawyered Patreon community:

🔵 How does the military justice system consider mental health issues (particularly PTSD) when applicable to military justice?
🔵 How does military justice in “real life” differ from how it operates in movies / TV shows (e.g. All the President’s Men, JAG, etc)
🔵 How does politics impact the work of a refugee/immigration lawyer?
🔵 What are some of the legal issues that are engaged in friendly fire incidents?
🔵 In combat zones, where legality can often be blurred, how do lawyers review small unit actions?
🔵 What are some things that lawyers can do to positively impact the culture of the military justice system?

In part three of our interview with Colonel-Maitre Michel Drapeau, we discuss existing and proposed legal mechanisms to address the trend of sexual assaults within the military.