January 11, 2006 12:30 p.m. EST

Playback: Monday Jan 16, 3:30 - 5pm

Noella Martin

Employer Counsel
Wickwire Holm

Nini Jones

Union Counsel
Paliare Roland

Michael Wagner

Employer Counsel
Ogilvy Renault

Some of the questions to be addressed:

• What measures are required by the duty to accommodate employees who have responsibilities arising out of their "family status"? What relationships are included under "family status"?
  
• Does the duty to accommodate require an employer to modify an employee's work schedule to facilitate child-care obligations? Caring for aging parents?
  
• When must family emergency/responsibility leave be granted, and when can it be denied? To which workers does it apply?
  
• What "best practices" exist with respect to accommodation of employees' family obligations? What clauses have been negotiated in collective agreements?
  
• What rights do adoptive parents have versus biological parents?
  
• What are the rights of employees on their return to work following parental/pregnancy leave? What should the employer do if the employee's job no longer exists and there is no comparable position?
  
• Is absence due to complications or post-partum depression covered by maternity leave or sick leave? How much medical information is the employer entitled to in a post-delivery medical certificate?
  
• What minimum labour standards apply in respect of compassionate care leave, and how do they mesh with Employment Insurance benefits? What are the limits of these benefits?
  
• What is the impact of parental or family leave on vacation entitlement? On benefits? On seniority? On job postings? On accrual of pension benefits?
  

Here's what participants said about Lancaster's previous audio conferences:

"Good value for money. We had a number of us on the call for a very low price and we did not have to travel."
— Leslie Kerr, Regional Manager, Human Resources, Ryder Logistics and Transportation

"Excellent. Provided good, useful information. The technology was great!!!"
— Colleen Ionson, Labour Relations Officer, Ontario Nurses' Association

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