This conference has been approved for 10.75 continuing professional development (CPD) hours by the Human Resource Professionals Association (HRPA).

THE 2015 ACCOMMODATION LAW CONFERENCE (OTTAWA)

New legal breakthroughs in the duty to accommodate and their impact on union and employer representatives in Canada

Ottawa
Fairmont Château Laurier
April 22 & 23, 2015

Attend this state-of-the-law conference and stay on top of the latest legal breakthroughs in the duty to accommodate and their impact on unionized workplaces in Canada.

ATTENTION LAWYERS: This conference consists of 10.75 hours of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits and can be applied towards 9 of the 12 hours of annual CPD required by the Law Society of Upper Canada (not the New Member Requirement). 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
Registration: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

MORNING SESSION - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Peter Engelmann and Laurel Johnson

The Year's Top Accommodation Cases
A review of important new accommodation cases in Canada and their impact on Ontario unions and employers.

AFTERNOON SESSION - 1:15 to 4:30 p.m.
Andrew Astritis and Kecia Podetz

Family Status: What's New?
From daycare arrangements to disclosing medical information about family dependents: A review of recent cases.  

The Union's Evolving Duty to Accommodate
The state of the union's duty to accommodate, including cases where unions have fallen short of their legal obligations.

Remunerating Accommodated Employees
When accommodated employees face a decrease in pay, job status or benefits: New cases set rules for compensating accommodated employees.

Accommodating Non-permanent Positions
Probationary employees, temporary workers, casual employees, agency employees: The rules for accommodating employees in non-permanent positions.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

MORNING SESSION - 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
JD Sharp and Steve Waller

Medical Questions You Can't Ask an Accommodated Employee
Learn the limits arbitrators have placed on medical questions an employer can ask an accommodated employee and take away a useful list of best practices. 

Discipline & the Disabled Employee
Recent cases shed new light on when disabled employees are subject to discipline, when they are not and when their disability can play a mitigating role.  

Post-discharge Evidence: How it Can Overturn a Dismissal
Recent cases on when unions can use evidence not available at the time of discharge to successfully challenge the dismissal of a disabled employee.    

Accommodation Remedies: New Trends to Watch
From reinstatement with creative conditions to significant damage awards, arbitrators continue to push the limits in accommodation remedies.   

AFTERNOON SESSION - 1:15 to 3:00 p.m.
Judith Allen, Kevin MacNeill and Craig Stehr

Accommodation Allowed...or Denied? 
A labour arbitrator offers instant rulings on accommodation grievances presented by union and management counsel based on real cases.  

PRESENTERS

Judith Allen
Labour Arbitrator
Arbitration Investigation Mediation (AIM)
Ottawa

Andrew Astritis
Union Counsel
Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck
Ottawa

Peter Engelmann
Union Counsel
Sack Goldblatt Mitchell
Ottawa

Laurel Johnson
Director and Senior Counsel
Public and Labour Law
Office of the Legal Advisor for the
Department of National Defence
and the Canadian Forces
Ottawa

Kevin MacNeill
Employer Counsel
Emond Harnden
Ottawa

Kecia Podetz
Employer Counsel
Emond Harnden
Ottawa

JD Sharp
Employer Counsel
Emond Harnden
Ottawa

Steve Waller
Union Counsel
Nelligan O'Brien Payne
Ottawa

Craig Stehr
Union Counsel
Nelligan O'Brien Payne
Ottawa

Hotel accommodations
Special guestroom rates starting at $199 (standard, single/double plus taxes) have been arranged for registrants at the Fairmont Château Laurier, 1 Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa.

Phone hotel reservation directly at (613) 241-1414 and ask for the group rate for "The Accommodation Law Conference."

Reserve early as availability is limited. 

The Fairmont Château Laurier is a unionized hotel.

Tuition
Individual: $795 (plus $103.35 HST = $898.35)
Group (3+ each): $745 (plus $96.85 HST = $841.85)
Super Group (7+ each): $695 (plus $90.35 HST = $785.35)

To qualify for group rates, registrants must be from the same organization, or union local, and register together.

CANCELLATIONS
Cancellations must be in writing and received by April 15, 2014 in order to qualify for a full refund less a $50 administration fee. Non-compliance will result in liability for the entire tuition.

SUBSTITUTIONS
Substitutions may be made at any time.