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Employee absences can disrupt workflows, diminish productivity, and impact team morale. However, employers must provide accommodations and may have attendance management programs or policies (“AMPs”) where appropriate. In this instalment of Lancaster’s Workplace Essentials webinar series, experts will examine recent caselaw and key principles relating to employee absenteeism. Specifically, panelists will address:
- What are best practices for employers and unions in discussing absenteeism with employees?
- What duties do employers have to inquire, and what duties do employees have to disclose, whether employee absenteeism is related to a protected ground such as a disability or family status obligation?
- What type of medical information can employers request where an employee’s absenteeism is health-related? At what frequency can employers request this information?
- Do employers have a duty to accommodate where the employee identifies the reason for absenteeism as stress or burnout?
- What are key considerations when drafting an AMP?
- How can unions best assist employees subject to monitoring under an AMP?
- What is “presenteeism”? How can unions and employers work to set appropriate attendance requirements that discourage presenteeism?
- At what point can an employer demonstrate that undue hardship has resulted from accommodating an employee who is frequently absent? Are there any restrictions on dismissing employees for innocent absenteeism?
Accreditation
This program has been approved for Continuing Professional Development 1.5 hours under Category A of the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Log of the Human Resource Professionals Association (HRPA).
This program has been approved by CPHR BC & Yukon for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
This program has been approved by CPHR Alberta for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- This program has been approved by the Law Society of British Columbia for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- This program has been approved by the Law Society of Saskatchewan for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- Members of the Law Society of Ontario may consider counting this program for 1.5 Substantive Hours; 0 Professionalism Hours.
- Members of the Law Society of New Brunswick may consider this program for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
- Members of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society may consider this program for 1.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
Additional Information
Materials
Valuable, up-to-date materials and case summaries will be available for downloading from our website. Each webinar is accompanied by a PDF of concise summaries of the cases discussed.
Registration Fee – Single Attendee
Live webinar, video, and MP3 bundle – $440
Live webinar – $275
Video and MP3 – $275
(Registrations must be paid in advance of the webinar)
Please contact us by email, or by phone at (416) 977-6618, for discount pricing for additional participants and group orders.
Registration Information
The video recording, MP3 file, and materials are available for download and viewing one business day after the live webinar. After purchasing, you will receive an e-mail with instructions on how to access and download the video recording, MP3 file, and materials. For purchases for upcoming webinars, once the video recording and MP3 file and materials are available, registrants will receive an update e-mail informing them that the links are now ready.
