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AUDIO
CONFERENCE
Accommodating Mental Illness
and Workplace
Stress: Dealing with 'invisible disabilities'
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| WHEN: |
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
12:30
p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EDT
Playback: Monday, June 2, 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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Noella Martin
Employer Counsel
Wickwire Holm |
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Simon Renouf
Union Counsel
Simon Renouf Professional Corporation |
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| SPEAKERS: |
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Craig Bavis
Union Counsel
Victory Square Law Office |
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Shana Ivall
Employer Counsel
Sherrard Kuzz |
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ISSUES:
One of the greatest challenges for employers and unions is recognizing and accommodating "invisible disabilities" like mental illness and conditions relating to workplace stress. These complicated cases often involve the intersection of discrimination, privacy and occupational health and safety law, and Lancaster's panel of experts will focus on the tough questions that arise, including:
- When do "invisible" illnesses constitute a disability giving rise to the duty to accommodate? What constitutes discrimination based on “perceived disability”?
- When will arbitrators impute to employers "constructive knowledge" of an employee’s "invisible disability", even when they do not have actual knowledge that the disability exists? Does inappropriate or anti-social behaviour trigger a duty on the employer's part to inquire about an employee’s mental health?
- How does the employer determine whether misconduct by an employee is a matter for discipline or the result of a disability that requires accommodation? In what circumstances does mental illness reduce or nullify culpability arising from misconduct?
- What must the employee disclose in order to establish a need for accommodation? When can the employer obtain independent medical evaluations or specialists' opinions? What measures should be put in place to protect an employee's privacy?
- Is the employer required to accommodate an employee with a mental illness where the employee denies disability? Refuses to provide medical information or to undergo treatment? Experiences a relapse?
- Can mentally ill employees be required to undergo psychiatric treatment and/or take medication as a condition of employment? In what circumstances can mentally ill employees be held out of service? (e.g. If they go off their medication? If the job is safety-sensitive?)
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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. |
