December 16, 2005 12:30 p.m. EST

Playback: Dec. 19, 2005 3:30 p.m. EST

Anne Gregory

Union Counsel
CUPE

Jamie Knight

Employer Counsel
Filion Wakely

Some of the questions to be addressed:

• How can employees prove the existence of an "invisible" chronic disease? How can employers identify when the employee is genuinely suffering from a chronic, debilitating disorder? Can employers require examination by the employer's own doctor or psychiatrist?
  
  
• What is the extent of an employer's duty of accommodation? When do an employee's needs constitute "undue hardship"?
  
  
• Where benefits are denied by a third party insurer, what remedies are available to claimants at arbitration? When are employers directly liable?
  
  
• Can an employer discipline/discharge an employee for absenteeism related to chronic illness?

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— Colleen Ionson, Labour Relations Officer, Ontario Nurses' Association

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