Upcoming Seminar

Please join us for our next HReview breakfast seminar: ***

1. Topic:

   Mental Health and the Workplace:
   A New Challenge / A Different Approach

   1. Framing the Issue
      • The Facts about Mental Illness
      • The “Invisible Disability”- Why employees don’t self-identify. Why employers fail to see the signs.
   2. Accommodation
      • When does mental illness constitute a disability?
      • The employer’s responsibilities.
      • When is an employer deemed to have constructive knowledge of the disability?
      • Workplace prejudice and obstacles to accommodation.
      • Is accommodation possible for subjective fears in the workplace?
   3. Managing Medical Information
      • Obtaining the “right” medical information.
      • How to deal with subjective medicals.
      • Can an employer insist on medical treatment and/or medication?
      • Independent Medical Assessments.
   4. Case Law and Comment
      • The employee’s duty to participate in their own accommodation.
      • What do arbitrators have to say?
      • Where do we go from here?
2. Date:
   Wednesday, January 21, 2009
   7:30 – 9:30 a.m. (Program at 8:00 a.m.; breakfast provided)
3. Venue:
   Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Toronto-Markham
   7095 Woodbine Avenue (Woodbine & Steeles), Markham 905.307.3047
   View map @ www.mapquest.ca
4. Cost:
   Please be our guest.
5. RSVP:
   By Friday, January 9, 2009 to info@sherrardkuzz.com or 416.603.0700

We look forward to seeing you!

*** HRPAO CHRP designated members should inquire at www.hrpao.org for certification eligibility guidelines regarding this HReview Seminar.

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Most Recent Seminar

THANK YOU to all who attended our most recent HReview Seminar held on Wednesday, November 19, 2008. At the seminar we discussed:

1. How to Conduct a Workplace Investigation – Without Becoming the Subject of an Investigation Yourself!

   1. Reasons to Conduct an Investigation
      • Sexual and Workplace Harassment
      • Theft
      • Breach of Fiduciary Duty
   2. Legal Obligation to Investigate
      • Unionized Workplace
      • Non-Unionized Workplace
   3. Union Involvement in the Investigation
   4. Suspending Employment During Investigation
      • With Pay
      • Without Pay
      • Restricting Communications
   5. Use of Outside Investigator
   6. Forensic Techniques to Aid Investigation
   7. Use of Surveillance Evidence
   8. Interviewing Witnesses
   9. Presenting Findings to an Employee
   10. Termination for Cause
       • Obligation to Provide Reasons
       • Making an Offer of Compensation
   11. Returning Investigated Employee to Work

To receive a copy of materials from this HReview Seminar, please call 416.603.0700 or email info@sherrardkuzz.com

Past Seminars

1. See 2002 Seminars
2. See 2003 Seminars
3. See 2004 Seminars
4. See 2005 Seminars
5. See 2006 Seminars
6. See 2007 Seminars
7. See 2008 Seminars