Duty to Accommodate: Life After Lockdown
Webinar Recording (1.0 CPD Hour) | Original Broadcast Date: April 13, 2021
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Description:
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted Canadians’ mental and physical health. Over the past year, Canadians have struggled to adjust to the new “normal” which includes working from home or working on-site with new health and safety measures in place.
After provincial lockdowns and restrictions are eased and more Canadians return to the office, employers will have to navigate several complexities that may implicate their duty to accommodate an employee. These issues include the duty to accommodate an employee’s mental health condition and underlying health conditions to the point of undue hardship.
During this webinar, employment lawyers from leading Canadian employment & labour law firms will discuss the employer’s duty to accommodate an employee’s disability and how accommodation issues may arise when employees return to the office. Specific attention will be placed on the dramatic shift in working conditions across industries and geographic locations and the novel questions it raises.
In this presentation, you will:
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted Canadians’ mental and physical health. Over the past year, Canadians have struggled to adjust to the new “normal” which includes working from home or working on-site with new health and safety measures in place.
After provincial lockdowns and restrictions are eased and more Canadians return to the office, employers will have to navigate several complexities that may implicate their duty to accommodate an employee. These issues include the duty to accommodate an employee’s mental health condition and underlying health conditions to the point of undue hardship.
During this webinar, employment lawyers from leading Canadian employment & labour law firms will discuss the employer’s duty to accommodate an employee’s disability and how accommodation issues may arise when employees return to the office. Specific attention will be placed on the dramatic shift in working conditions across industries and geographic locations and the novel questions it raises.
In this presentation, you will:
- The state of the law surrounding an employer’s duty to accommodate an employee
- Duty to accommodate issues that may arise for employees returning back to the office
- Influential factors that HR professionals should know when dealing with the duty to accommodate
- How AI-powered platform can assist HR professionals in navigating complex accommodation requests
- HR professionals / in-house counsel
Meet your instructors
Bettina Xue Griffin
Blue J Legal
Bettina Xue Griffin designs and builds machine learning-backed tools in areas of employment law and tax law. At Blue J, she has helped to create a platform that provides clarity of the law to employment and tax law practitioners. Blue J practitioners can use a prediction engine to predict scenario outcomes, and a factorbased decision finder to find relevant decisions incredibly quickly. The platform also has a simplified diagramming feature, and allows for digital statute analysis that streamlines research. Prior to joining Blue J, she worked as a commercial litigator and has represented clients at all levels of court in Ontario, Canada.
Chris Broughton
Chris Broughton has dedicated his career to the Human Resources profession and is passionate about helping small and medium sized organizations "Make Better Workplaces". With a focus on the bottom line, Chris helps organizations to streamline their HR processes and manage their people better. Chris has focused his career working for organizations that want to invest in their people, and has been fortunate to gain invaluable experience in many areas of these growing organizations.
Jill Cory
Jill Cory is a certified coach (CPCC, ACC), author, and speaker and an experienced leadership development specialist with a passion for developing diverse and equitable workplaces. For 19 years, Jill held a leadership role at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, leading a team that developed and delivered training and engaged organizations and communities in sustainable, strategic actions to improve the health of women in BC. Jill is the co-author of When Love Hurts, A Woman’s Guide to Understanding Abuse in Relationships, published by Penguin Random House.
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About this course
- 2 lessons
- 1 hour of video content