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"The Duty to Accommodate in the Canadian Workplace: Leading Principles and Recent Cases" Ontario Federation of Labour
Discusses leading principals of accommodation law. A review of the legal standard of accommodation and undue hardship. Reviews unions duties in the accommodation process and their potential liabilities. reviews Reviews case law on employees’ duty to participate in the accommodation process and under what grounds the employee can refuse the employer offered accommodation. reviews the duty to accommodate mental health and addiction disabilties and culpable vrs. non-culpable behavior. Brief discussion of perceived disability and drug testing. Reviews case law on employees privacy rights vs.
"Disability and the Implementation of the Accommodation Duty in the Canadian Workplace by Labour Arbitrators" as an updated version of his article published in R. Echlin & C. Paliare (eds), Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures 2007: Employment Law
General overview of main human rights values in employment; disability law; leading principles of accommodation, undue hardship , legitimate operational requirements of a workplace, responsibilities of unions in employment disputes; employees responsibilities.