The 2016 Accommodation Law Conference (Ottawa)
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THE 2016 ACCOMMODATION LAW CONFERENCE (OTTAWA)
New legal breakthroughs in the duty to accommodate and their impact on union and employer representatives in Canada
Ottawa
Fairmont Chateau Laurier
May 24 & 25, 2016
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).
CPD: This conference has been approved for 10.75 continuing professional development (CPD) hours by the Human Resource Professionals Association (HRPA).
TUESDAY, MAY 24
Registration: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
MORNING SESSION - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Paul Champ 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.
Stephen Bird and Sean McGee
Family Status Update
The law on accommodating family status continues to develop rapidly as arbitrators and human rights tribunals hear -- often for the first time -- family circumstances seeking accommodation.
Management Rights vs. the Duty to Accommodate
How the exercise of management rights -- including discipline, staffing, assignment and allocation of work -- must be conducted in a manner that is consistent with the duty to accommodate.
When Competing Human Rights Collide
What recent cases are saying about balancing employees' human rights when their individual accommodations come into conflict or when employers are forced to juggle multiple accommodations at once.
Accommodating Mental Disabilities: Common Mistakes to Avoid
From depression to anxiety to stress and more, a list of common mistakes to avoid when handling mental disabilities, with examples from recent cases.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25
MORNING SESSION - 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Andrew Astritis and Kecia Podetz
Accommodating Gender Identity and Transsexuality
New and emerging workplace issues surrounding gender identity and transsexuality -- including washrooms, change rooms and uniforms -- in the context of the duty to accommodate.
Accommodating Chronic Disabilities
Strategies for accommodating long-term and often misunderstood disabilities such as chronic pain, chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, migraine headaches and more.
Accommodating the Older Employee
How to accommodate natural changes in an older employee's cognitive and physical abilities and deal with human rights issues that arise with respect to retirement incentives, mandatory-retirement policies and hiring back retired employees.
The Top Ten Tips for Accommodating Addictions
Tips for dealing with complex cases of employee addictions to drugs and alcohol, gambling and pornography.
AFTERNOON SESSION - 1:15 to 3:00 p.m.
Andrew Tremayne (Chair), Ben Piper and JD Sharp
Accommodation Allowed...or Denied?
A labour arbitrator offers instant rulings on accommodation grievances presented by union and management counsel based on real cases.
PRESENTERS
Andrew Astritis
Union Counsel
Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck
Ottawa
Stephen Bird
Employer Counsel
Bird Richard
Ottawa
Paul Champ
Union Counsel
Champ & Associates
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
Sean McGee
Union Counsel
Nelligan O'Brien Payne
Ottawa
Ben Piper
Union Counsel
Goldblatt Partners
Ottawa
Kecia Podetz
Employer Counsel
Emond Harnden
Ottawa
JD Sharp
Employer Counsel
Emond Harnden
Ottawa
Andrew Tremayne
Labour Arbitrator, Mediator and Independent Investigator
Ottawa
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Special guestroom rates starting at $299 (standard, single/double plus taxes) have been arranged for registrants at the Fairmont Chateau 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 Chateau Laurier is a unionized hotel.
Tuition
Includes two-day program, conference binder, Certificate of Attendance, continental breakfast and refreshments. Accommodations and other meals are not included.
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 May 17 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.
THE 2016 ACCOMMODATION LAW CONFERENCE (OTTAWA)
New legal breakthroughs in the duty to accommodate and their impact on union and employer representatives in Canada
Ottawa
Fairmont Chateau Laurier
May 24 & 25, 2016
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).
CPD: This conference has been approved for 10.75 continuing professional development (CPD) hours by the Human Resource Professionals Association (HRPA).
TUESDAY, MAY 24
Registration: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
MORNING SESSION - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Paul Champ 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.
Stephen Bird and Sean McGee
Family Status Update
The law on accommodating family status continues to develop rapidly as arbitrators and human rights tribunals hear -- often for the first time -- family circumstances seeking accommodation.
Management Rights vs. the Duty to Accommodate
How the exercise of management rights -- including discipline, staffing, assignment and allocation of work -- must be conducted in a manner that is consistent with the duty to accommodate.
When Competing Human Rights Collide
What recent cases are saying about balancing employees' human rights when their individual accommodations come into conflict or when employers are forced to juggle multiple accommodations at once.
Accommodating Mental Disabilities: Common Mistakes to Avoid
From depression to anxiety to stress and more, a list of common mistakes to avoid when handling mental disabilities, with examples from recent cases.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25
MORNING SESSION - 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Andrew Astritis and Kecia Podetz
Accommodating Gender Identity and Transsexuality
New and emerging workplace issues surrounding gender identity and transsexuality -- including washrooms, change rooms and uniforms -- in the context of the duty to accommodate.
Accommodating Chronic Disabilities
Strategies for accommodating long-term and often misunderstood disabilities such as chronic pain, chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, migraine headaches and more.
Accommodating the Older Employee
How to accommodate natural changes in an older employee's cognitive and physical abilities and deal with human rights issues that arise with respect to retirement incentives, mandatory-retirement policies and hiring back retired employees.
The Top Ten Tips for Accommodating Addictions
Tips for dealing with complex cases of employee addictions to drugs and alcohol, gambling and pornography.
AFTERNOON SESSION - 1:15 to 3:00 p.m.
Andrew Tremayne (Chair), Ben Piper and JD Sharp
Accommodation Allowed...or Denied?
A labour arbitrator offers instant rulings on accommodation grievances presented by union and management counsel based on real cases.
PRESENTERS
Andrew Astritis
Union Counsel
Raven, Cameron, Ballantyne & Yazbeck
Ottawa
Stephen Bird
Employer Counsel
Bird Richard
Ottawa
Paul Champ
Union Counsel
Champ & Associates
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
Sean McGee
Union Counsel
Nelligan O'Brien Payne
Ottawa
Ben Piper
Union Counsel
Goldblatt Partners
Ottawa
Kecia Podetz
Employer Counsel
Emond Harnden
Ottawa
JD Sharp
Employer Counsel
Emond Harnden
Ottawa
Andrew Tremayne
Labour Arbitrator, Mediator and Independent Investigator
Ottawa
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Special guestroom rates starting at $299 (standard, single/double plus taxes) have been arranged for registrants at the Fairmont Chateau 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 Chateau Laurier is a unionized hotel.
Tuition
Includes two-day program, conference binder, Certificate of Attendance, continental breakfast and refreshments. Accommodations and other meals are not included.
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 May 17 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.
Tip Of The Day
Unions are required to stay actively engaged in ensuring that their members are gathering the necessary medical information to push the accommodation search forward. At the same time, they should be alert to any medical information requests coming from the employer that appear to be overly intrusive.
