Accommodation of Mental Disability: Understanding an Employer’s Rights and Responsibilities

HALF-DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP

Increasingly, requests for accommodation in the workplace focus on mental, not physical, disability. Yet, understanding when a mental health issue may be a disability and how far the duty to accommodate a mental disability extends can be challenging for an employer.  

This practical, half-day workshop provides participants with the knowledge and tools to confidently assess and respond to a request for mental health accommodation in the workplace.   

Using interactive learning and real life-scenarios, topics include:

• Mental Disability vs. Workplace Woe: When does an ailment such as stress or anxiety require accommodation (and when does it not).
• Medical Documentation: How to obtain useful medical documentation related to mental disability.
• The Accommodation Process: How accommodation of a mental disability differs from accommodation of a physical disability, and ways to accommodate mental disability.
• Leaves of Absence and Termination of Employment: When is an employer justified in placing an employee on a leave of absence, or terminating the employment relationship, for reasons related to a mental disability. 

DATE and TIME: Each workshop is from 9:00am – 1:00pm

Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Thursday, September 26, 2019

LOCATION: Sherrard Kuzz LLP, 250 Yonge Street, Suite 3300, Toronto

COST: $525 plus tax

REGISTER: Click Here

This is a small group workshop; space is extremely limited