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Archive for the ‘Firm Administration’ Category
November 21st, 2011
DSF was a proud Platinum Sponsor of Toronto Rehab Pain Conference 2011 which was held on November 18th at the Hyatt Regence Toronto on King. Pain Management across the Continuum: Bridging the Gap from Acute Care to Rehabilitation and into the Community was a main theme and our lawyers: George Frank, David Derfel and David Schell presented Workshop 3: Barriers and Challenges, Providing Chronic Pain: A Lawyer’s Perspective.
October 14th, 2011
On October 13th, DSF had one of its infrequent poker nights! In the end, it came down to Marty Rabinovitch and Igor Poroger. Igor came out on top. Congrats Igor!
October 5th, 2011
Today, October 5, 2011 our building received the very first set of glass and we can actually see our future reception/entry door.
September 14th, 2011
The regular DSF newsletter has been published. Please find a copy of it at Issue 5 (2011-09-14). Articles in this issue are:
- Patent and Latent Defects
- Liability of Real Estate Agents on the Rise
- Grandparent Rights
- Taking a DIP
- Employee Liability on Blogs and Facebook
- More Join theTeam
Check it out today!
August 30th, 2011
Yesterday (August 30th, 2011), our future expansion received a roof and today concrete was poured on the first floor.
August 30th, 2011
For more than 10 years, research has been showing the effectiveness of ‘Corporate Health and Wellness’ programs.
These programs are implemented to increase productivity through lower absenteeism, and increase individual employee effectiveness while at the same time decreasing costs associated with healthcare benefits/insurance schemes.
Studies have proved that these programs are cost-effective and foster healthier lifestyles for employees. Harvard Business Review: What’s the Hard Return on Employee Wellness Programs?
Health and Wellness programs consist of providing institutional and cultural support for activities that help employees achieve health-positive goals. An easily achieved zero-cost example can be the introduction of a lunch-hour walking club.
Devry Smith Frank LLP (DSF) has started its own Health and Wellness program by:
- replacing high-fat, high calorie snacks like cookies, with fresh fruit, granola bars and fat-free yogurt.
- partnering with a nearby fitness centre to establish a lower monthly membership fee for firm employees.
- providing office space for twice weekly ‘in-house’ workout sessions for interested employees
- providing an annual on-site influenza vaccine clinic
- offering financial assistance to firm employees for smoking cessation aids
- providing first-aid/CPR coaching
Although, DSF has done much to promote employee health and well-being, the firm continues to look for new avenues to achieve the above-stated goal. The new office space under construction will help by providing private showers/change area, a bicycle storage room and a larger multi-purpose room.
You can find more about information specifically about non-smoking programs at the following websites:
August 23rd, 2011
If you haven’t visited us yet or in awhile, we are under construction. A new addition is being added to the front of our building. DSF has chosen to take all the space in this new space.
At the same time we are re-configuring some of our existing space to better suit our larger presence. Along with a greater number of offices and workstations, we will have a new reception area, more boardrooms, a multi-purpose training/meeting space, library, showers, lockers and private washrooms.
Construction is still in early stages, we hope everything will be complete early in the New Year.
Here are some pictures of how it looked before and what’s happening now:
