Our firm presents several conferences throughout the year. Please check back for future offerings.
You are also welcome to join us at our HReview Breakfast Seminars held four times a year. See “HReview Breakfast Seminar” for more information.
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Our firm presents several conferences throughout the year. Please check back for future offerings.
You are also welcome to join us at our HReview Breakfast Seminars held four times a year. See “HReview Breakfast Seminar” for more information.
Workshops
Duty to Accommodate: Understanding an Employer’s Rights and Responsibilities
Increasingly, Canadian employers face new and challenging requests for accommodation based on a variety of grounds including disability, religion/creed, age, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, sex, and family status, etc. Understanding when the duty to accommodate istriggered and how far it extends can be challenging for even the most seasoned HR leader and employer.
Join this practical, half-day workshop to build your knowledge and acquire tools to confidently assess and respond to a request for accommodation in the workplace. Topics include:
1. Duty to Accommodate under Human Rights
What constitutes discrimination?
When does an employer reach the undue hardship threshold?
Procedural and substantive duty to accommodate
2. Select Issues in Accommodation
The employer’s duty to inquire
Employer and employee responsibilities in accommodation
Physical and mental disability; how to obtain useful medical information?
Specific protected grounds, including family status, religion, and gender expression
3. Discipline and Termination in the Accommodation Context
What is a “bona fide occupational requirement”?
How to discipline an employee on an accommodation
Frustration of contract and termination when an employee is on leave
Terminating employment of an accommodated employee
When:
July 8, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
July 8, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
July 14, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
July 14, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where:Via Zoom (registrants will receive a Zoom link the day before the webinar)