Workplace accommodation can be a challenge for even the most seasoned HR professional.

Join us as we discuss some of the most common (and challenging) accommodation issues. Topics include:

1. Accommodation Basics
   • What is “accommodation” under human rights law?
   • What is the meaning of “undue hardship?”
   • What are the obligations of the workplace parties, including the employee and union?

2. Disability Accommodation
   • Addressing mental health accommodation issues, including those associated with returning to the office/workplace.

3. Family Status Accommodation
   • What are an employee’s obligations in the context of childcare accommodation?
   • What information is an employer entitled to seek?
   • Balancing return-to-the-office/work with childcare accommodation.

4. Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace
   • Case law update on accommodation of a substance use disorder.
   • Can an employee be dismissed for failing to participate in a drug or alcohol test?
   • How to effectively use a last chance agreement.