September 22, 2005 12:30 p.m. EDT

Playback: Sept. 26, 2005 3:30 p.m. EDT

Noella Martin

Employer Counsel
Wickwire Holm

Simon Renouf

Union Counsel
Renouf Professional Corporation

Leanne Chaley

Union Counsel
Blair Chahley Seveny

David Chondon

Employer Counsel
Crawford Chondon & Andree

Some of the questions to be addressed:

• Can an employer breach the collective agreement in order to accommodate an employee?
  
  
• In what circumstances do unions have to waive seniority provisions in order to meet the duty to accommodate?
  
  
• When do the negotiated seniority rights of other employees outweigh the duty to accommodate?
  
  
• Does the duty to accommodate require an employer to delay filling a position until the senior employee has recovered from a disability?
  
  
• If no appropriate jobs exist within the bargaining unit, are employers obligated to accommodate an employee by placing him or her in a non-bargaining unit position? Can employers hold such positions in reserve?
  
  
• Do experience-based seniority systems discriminate against disabled employees? If so, how should this be corrected?
  
  
• How can unions, employers, and arbitrators develop a framework to reconcile seniority and the right not to be discriminated against?
  

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