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AUDIO
CONFERENCE
Absenteeism and Attendance Management: An Advanced Session
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| WHEN: |
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Playback: Monday, September 15, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT |
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| WHERE: |
Your
own office or boardroom |
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| MODERATORS: |
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Matthew Certosimo
Employer Counsel
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP |
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Anne Gregory
Union Counsel
Canadian Union of Public Employees |
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| SPEAKERS: |
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Carmela Allevato
Union Counsel
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada |
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Timothy Hadwen
Director, Legal Services Branch, Ontario Ministry of Government Services |
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ISSUES:
Arbitrators have declared that there are appropriate and inappropriate ways of dealing with absenteeism at the workplace. Lancaster's panel of experts will help distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate attendance management approaches by discussing the current law on employee absenteeism and Attendance Management Programs. Our panelists will also address human rights concerns accompanying Attendance Management Programs, including the duty to accommodate employee disability, the right to terminate employment for innocent absenteeism, and the outer contours of "undue hardship." Topics will include:
- Legality of attendance management programs: Which tests apply?
- Can an attendance management policy include both 'culpable' and 'non-culpable' absences? What about absences caused by workplace injuries, disabilities, child and family care obligations, and emergency leave days?
- Should attendance standards be workplace, department or classification-specific? What criteria should be used to establish attendance standards? Over what intervals should attendance be monitored?
- Medical certificate requirements: When can an attendance policy require a medical certificate?
- Does the duty to accommodate require employers to tolerate absenteeism? When do accommodations cross the line and become undue hardship for the employer?
- Terminating employment for innocent absenteeism: Is dismissing a disabled worker for innocent absenteeism discriminatory? How long must the employee be away from work before the employer has just cause to dismiss? Must the employer warn before dismissing for non-culpable absenteeism? Can employers dismiss for frustration of contract where the provision of LTD benefits is a term of employment?
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| Q
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Gather
your colleagues around a speakerphone in your own office or boardroom. Have the
opportunity to ask questions in the Question & Answer portions of the sessions.
An additional 15 minutes will be added at the end of the session for those who
wish to continue with Q & A. |
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| MATERIALS: |
Valuable,
up-to-date materials and case summaries will be available for downloading from
our website. |
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| REGISTRATION
FEE: |
$195,
plus GST (Registrations must be paid in advance of the audio conference).
Registration costs are per listening site/telephone, so you can have any number
of people listening at your location for one low price. Click here for registration information. |
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| CDs: |
Audio conference CDs, including a PDF copy of the materials from the conference, are available for $175 + GST per conference ($75 + GST for registrants). Click here to order. |
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| REGISTRATION
INFORMATION: |
When you register,
you'll be given a toll-free number to dial at the time of the
session and an access code to join the call. For additional program and registration information,
call Lancaster House at 416-977-6618 or register now. |
