.This 3-Modules program will better equip a Human Resources Professional to handle accommodation issues and avoid costly complaints and ligation.
The program will involve group discussions about appropriate strategies in the accommodation process with the help of practical examples and fact scenarios.
- Module 1 – The Basics
October 5, 2020 (9:30AM-12PM)
- What is a disability
- Principles of accommodation
- Access to medical information
- Module 2 – Managing Non-workplace disabilities
October 6, 2020 ( 9:30AM-12PM)
- Return to work
- Discipline and termination
- Absenteeism
- Module 3 – Workplace disabilities
October 7, 2020 (9:30AM-12PM)
- WSIB players and processes
- Reporting obligations
- Medical information and limitations
What participants will learn:
- What is (and is not) a "disability" under the Human Rights Code?
- The duty to inquire and when the duty to accommodate is triggered
- The duty to accommodate and undue hardship
- The obligations of the employer and employee during the accommodation and return to work process
- How to communicate with employees requesting accommodation
- Accommodation of physical and mental disabilities
- How to obtain useful medical information about an employee's condition
- How to implement and monitor a gradual return to work program
- How to discipline (or terminate) for illness or injury-related attendance issues
- The WSIB process generally
- Reporting and return-to-work obligations under the WSIB
- How to effectively handle recurring conditions in the WSIB context
- Entitlements to WSIB cost relief
- How to discipline (or terminate) after a WSIB claim
- How to object to a WSIB ruling