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Meeting Your Duty to Accommodate in Federally Regulated Workplaces
Improve workplace health and employee accommodations to meet legal requirements and ensure workforce viability
 
Proceedings from March 2008 - Ottawa, Ontario
Table of Contents
     
     
  1. Legal Updates and Recent Trends: How They Will Affect You
    Philippe Dufresne, Director and Senior Counsel, Litigation Services Division, Canadian Human Rights Commission
     
     
  2. Three Part Session: Strategies for Accommodating Mental Health Issues in the Workplace
    • I. Accommodating Mental Health: How Far You Need to Go
      Daphne Fedoruk, Labour and Employment Lawyer, Ogilvy Renault
    • II. Issues and Solutions around Mental Health in the Workplace
      Renee Ouimet, Director, Capacity Building and Education Division, Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch
    • III. Assessing a Disability When You Can't See the Problem
      Liz R. Scott, PhD, Organizational Solutions Inc.
     
     
  3. Accommodating an Older Workforce: Preparing for the Baby-Boomers
    Christine Joli-Coeur, Consultant/Ergonomic Specialist, Industrial Accident Prevention Association
     
     
  4. When Accommodation Fails: How to Deal with Termination
    Raquel Chisholm, Emond Harnden LLP
     
     
  5. Privacy and Confidentiality: Understanding and Working Within the Boundaries
    Dan Palayew, Partner, Heenan Blaikie LLP
     
     
  6. PANEL DISCUSSION: Facilitating Communication between the Employee, Employer, Union and Physician
    Gilles Guay, Labour Relations Officer,Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
    Paul Lalonde, Lawyer, Emond Harnden
    Lisa Addario, Employment Equity Officer, Public Service Alliance of Canada
    Robert Monti, Employment and Labour Law Groups, Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP
    Mitchell S. Pantel, MDCM CCFP, Medisys Health Group
     
     
  7. Implementing an Effective Return-to-Work Strategy
    Abdou Saouab, Assistant Director, Strategic Knowledge and Planning, Human Resources Social Development Canada
     
     
  8. Developing Sound Policies for Drug and Alcohol Addiction
    Jim Jamieson, Medical Advisor to the OSISS Program, Canadian Forces
     
     
  9. Family Status: The New "Cutting Edge" of Accommodation
    Morton G. Mitchnick, National Counsel, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
     
     
  10. Preventative and Proactive Strategies: Stopping the Issues Before They Start
    Myra Lefkowitz, Manager of Health and Well-Being Programs and Services, University of Toronto
    Julie McAlpine-Jeffries, Employment Relations Legal Counsel, University of Toronto
 
 

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