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(Webinar) Hire with Confidence: Employment Law, WSIB & WSPS and More!

November 23 @ 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Learn hiring best practices, employment law basics, and WSIB/WSPS requirements to build a compliant, safe, and successful workplace.

Hiring the right talent while staying compliant with employment laws and workplace safety requirements is essential for building a strong and successful business. Join us for an informative session designed to help employers navigate key considerations around hiring practices, employment law fundamentals, and workplace health and safety obligations.

Participants will gain practical insights into employer responsibilities, common hiring challenges, WSIB requirements, and resources available through WSPS to help create a safe, compliant, and productive workplace. Whether you are a new employer or looking to strengthen your current practices, this session will provide valuable guidance to support confident decision-making and reduce workplace risks.

TAKEAWAYS

Simple Safety Solutions for Small Businesses

Whether you’re just starting out or managing a growing business, workplace safety is a must. This practical session brings together essential safety practices and introduces a powerful free tool to streamline your compliance efforts.

What you’ll learn:

  • Spot and Solve Hazards: Learn how to identify common workplace risks and take action before they become incidents.
  • Understand the safety responsibilities of employers, managers, and employees under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
  • Leverage a Powerful Free Tool: Get hands-on with our customizable Employee Health & Safety Handbook Generator—designed to help you create a compliant orientation handbook in minutes.
  • Expand Your Toolkit: Get practical free resources, training materials, and guidance to grow your safety program beyond the basics.
  • Understand ESA Requirements: Get a practical overview of Ontario’s Employment Standards Act and key employer obligations.
  • Identify Risk Areas: Explore common compliance mistakes, including issues around terminations and temporary layoffs, and the potential risks for employers.

Reduce Workplace Risk: Learn practical steps to strengthen workplace practices, improve compliance, and address issues before they become costly problems.

How to Hire Your First Employee:

  • Defining the Role: Draft a clear job description, outline candidate profiles, and set performance expectations to ensure long-term role success.
  • Sourcing Strategy: Learn how and where to post your job opening to attract the right talent pool effectively.
  • The Recruitment Process: Structure multi-stage interviews and leverage objective assessments and skills testing to evaluate top candidates.
  • Closing & Offboarding Candidates: Draft compelling offer letters, conduct thorough reference checks, and maintain a positive employer brand by professionally communicating with non-successful applicants.

Let’s strengthen your safety foundation and simplify compliance—no matter the size of your business.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Stella Nicastro-Greenough

Stella Nicastro-Greenough is a Partnerships Account Manager at Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS). With more than 20 years of experience at WSPS, she has built a career centered on relationship management, stakeholder engagement, partnership development, and supporting small businesses across Ontario.

Stella works collaboratively with industry associations, community organizations, ecosystem partners, and stakeholders to identify shared priorities, strengthen partnerships, and create opportunities that deliver value to businesses and communities. Through collaboration, outreach, and engagement, she helps expand awareness of workplace health and safety resources, programs, and initiatives that support small business success and safer workplaces.

Passionate about building trusted relationships and bringing partners together around shared goals, Stella is committed to developing meaningful partnerships that strengthen communities and support healthier, safer workplaces across Ontario.

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Samina Sial

Samina Sial is a Licensed Paralegal with the Law Society of Ontario and a Certified Human Resources Leader with more than 20 years of HR and legal experience. She is the founder of HR Enable Inc. and Enable Legal Services, where she helps employers navigate workplace challenges with practical, straightforward advice. Samina’s experience spans a wide range of industries, and her work includes workplace investigations, employment matters, HR compliance, policies, training and employee relations. She is also certified in Workplace Investigations through Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Masha Ali
With over 15 years of HR expertise across various industries, Masha founded her HR consulting firm in 2020 to help organizations streamline operations and build vibrant workplace cultures. She specializes in driving success through HR compliance, strategic recruitment, and employee engagement.

As a certified practitioner in Digital HR, Joint Health & Safety, and Thomas International assessments (PPA, HPTI, GIA), Masha bridge’s core strategy with modern technology. Partnered with a leading Canadian HR software provider, her focus is converting manual administration into smart digital systems—enhancing the employee experience from recruitment all the way to retirement.

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