A comprehensive HR program for Supervisors, Managers and Employee/Union reps needing hands-on working knowledge of the Duty to Accommodate employees with physical or mental disabilities or based on other human rights prohibited grounds.
Accommodations can be a particularly tough area to manage, not only because of the human emotions and confidential personal information involved, but also because this responsibility of managers is the fastest changing area of employment law in Canada today. Failing to pay attention to this responsibility opens employers to serious legal consequences and costs.
The Duty to Accommodate is an interactive program designed to provide participants with the working knowledge needed to recognize the needs of an employee for an accommodation and to work through a step-by-step process with the employee, medical advisors and other related parties.
The program covers:
- How to recognize a disability
- The Duty to Accommodate and when it applies
- Responsibilities of the employer and the employee (and union if present)
- Access to medical information
- The Point of Undue Hardship and limits to the Duty to Accommodate
- Handling employees with a disabilities who are engaged in misconduct
- Handling employees with addictions
- Handling employees with mental disabilities