December 1, 2005 12:30 p.m. EST

Playback: Dec. 5, 2005 3:30 p.m. EST

Noella Martin

Employer Counsel
Wickwire Holm

Simon Renouf

Union Counsel
Renouf Law

Lorene Novakowski

Employer Counsel
Fasken Martineau

Dan Rogers

Union Counsel
Shortt, Moore and Arsenault

Some of the questions to be addressed:

• When are employees required to provide medical certificates? What information/ documentation is necessary to satisfy the sick leave provisions in collective agreements?
  
  
• Must an employee disclose a medical diagnosis in order to obtain sick leave?
  
  
• What kind of inquiries are employers allowed to make into the claimant's treatment? Can employers solicit information about the applicant's physical and cognitive restrictions and non-medical barriers to recovery?
  
  
• What kind of investigation into the legitimacy of sick leave and LTD claims is permissible? How can employers ensure that benefits are legitimately claimed?
  
  
• Where an insurer refuses to cover an LTD claim, can the employer be held responsible?
  
  
• Is a lump sum settlement of LTD claim taxable as income? Is a settlement of arrears treated differently from a settlement in lieu of future benefits?
  
  
• Do sick leave credits and other benefits accrue while an employee is on occupational injury leave? During short term disability leave?
  
  
• Can employees "moonlight" while on sick leave or LTD?
  
  
• Are collective agreement provisions relating to disability plans subject to the terms of insurance policies? Can the eligibility and coverage provisions in disability plans be changed without the union's or employee's consent?
  

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