WebEx Forum Series on Workplace Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities presented by Employment and Social Development Canada in collaboration with Canadian Business SenseAbility

1 February 2016

There are two upcoming WebEx Forums on Workplace Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities. For more details, please see the attached document below. 

WebEx Forum 1 [Thursday, February 18, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (ET)]

Topic: Best practices in accommodating employees in the workplace
This forum session provides an opportunity for participants to share knowledge and gain useful insights on such issues as: resources that employers are using to appropriately accommodate persons with disabilities, and strategies and approaches, including return-to-work practices, in workplace accommodation, and the inclusion of persons with disabilities.

 

WebEx Forum 2  [Thursday, February 25, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (ET)]

Topic: Accommodating employees in the workplace is expensive:  Myth or reality?
This forum session provides an opportunity for participants to share knowledge and gain useful insights on such issues as: the cost of current technological advances in accommodations, direct and indirect workplace accommodation costs, and myths and realities about the costs of workplace accommodation. The goal is to present a more realistic picture of this issue and identify areas where more work should be done.
 

Register for the first session by sending an e-mail to bojana.vukosavljevic@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca no later than Friday, February 5, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. (ET) and for the second session no later than Friday, February 12, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. (ET).

Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please state clearly for which session(s) you are registering.  You will then receive an official invitation with the information to join the meeting on WebEx.

 

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