Meeting Your Duty to Accommodate
Best Practices for Your Accommodation, Return-to-Work, and Disability Management Programs
August 25 and 26, 2009
Optional Workshops: August 27, 2009
Delta Bow Valley Hotel
CALGARY, ALBERTA
Conference Event Overview
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Expert advice on overcoming workplace health and employee accommodation challenges!
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- Identifying mental health issues and hidden disabilities, and effective strategies and solutions to accommodate them
- Understanding the latest legal developments regarding workplace testing and the accommodation of drug and alcohol issues
- Proactive strategies for preventing substance abuse in the workplace and accommodating employees with problems
- Implications of recent case law concerning the duty to accommodate and employment and labour law
- Strategies for implementing effective return-to-work programs
- Developing win-win return-to-work and accommodation plans
- Understanding the facts about undue hardship
- Ensuring a worker’s privacy is respected regarding medical information
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As an employer you are facing increased pressures to accommodate physical, mental and stress-related disabilities. The accommodation process can be a tricky tightrope to walk, requiring understanding of both legal obligations and practical planning, and balancing employer and employee rights effectively.
Attend INFONEX's Meeting Your Duty to Accommodate conference and get the vital information you need to take a proactive approach to your organization's accommodation, return-to-work, and disability management programs. You'll be updated on recent arbitration outcomes and court decisions. You'll learn best practices and strategies for effectively managing accommodation claims--and how to prevent them in the first place!
For more than a decade, Infonex has been providing human resource and management professionals with the critical information needed to stay abreast of their ever-changing obligations. Due to popular demand, this year's Meeting Your Duty to Accommodate conference will provide extended focus to Accommodating Mental Health Issues in the Workplace, and for Dealing With Substance Abuse in the Workplace. Our prestigious faculty of senior industry professionals, representatives and practitioners will help equip you to benchmark whether your organization's existing programs adequate address these growing concerns, and what steps can to taken to improve their effectiveness.
This conference will provide you with both in-depth, practical techniques as well as numerous interactive learning opportunities. Don't miss out on this chance to share information, exchange ideas on trends and learn best practices in employee accommodation. Register today to guarantee your spot!
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Proven approaches from experienced leaders and updates from legal experts
- Mental Health Commission of Canada
- Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
- Calgary Psychology Group
- Core Values Limited
- Dynamic Insight
- Field LLP
- Armstrong Management Lawyers
- Mental Health Works, Canadian Mental Health Association
- McLeod Dixon LLP
- The ECM Group
- Canadian Initiative on Workplace Violence
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Who Should Attend This Event
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- Human Resource Directors/Managers/Consultants
- Employee Relations Specialists/Consultants
- Compensation and Staffing Policy Officers
- Occupational Health and Safety Managers
- Disability Management Consultants
- Attendance and Accommodation Managers
- Return-to-Work Managers
- Training, Learning, and Development Managers
- Strategic Planning and Development Officers
- Corporate Counsel
- Labour and Employment Lawyers
- Employment Equity Programs Advisors
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