THE 2016 ACCOMMODATION LAW CONFERENCE (WINNIPEG)

New legal breakthroughs in the duty to accommodate and their impact on union and employer representatives in Canada

Winnipeg
The Hotel Fort Garry
April 13 & 14, 2016

Attend this state-of-the-law conference and stay on top of the latest legal breakthroughs in the duty to accommodate and their impact on unionized workplaces in Canada.

ATTENTION LAWYERS: A total of 10.75 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit hours may be claimed from the Law Society of Manitoba for attending this conference.

This program has been accredited by the Human Resource Management Association of Manitoba for 11 CHRP Continuing Professional Development hours.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
Registration: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

MORNING SESSION - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
David Lewis and Grant Mitchell

The Year's Top Accommodation Cases
A review of important new accommodation cases in Canada and their impact on Manitoba unions and employers.

AFTERNOON SESSION - 1:15 to 4:30 p.m.
Tracey Epp and Keith LaBossiere

Family Status Update
The law on accommodating family status continues to develop rapidly as arbitrators and human rights tribunals hear -- often for the first time -- family circumstances seeking accommodation.

Management Rights vs. the Duty to Accommodate
How the exercise of management rights -- including discipline, staffing, assignment and allocation of work -- must be conducted in a manner that is consistent with the duty to accommodate.

When Competing Human Rights Collide
What recent cases are saying about balancing employees' human rights when their individual accommodations come into conflict or when employers are forced to juggle multiple accommodations at once.

Accommodating Mental Disabilities: Common Mistakes to Avoid
From depression to anxiety to stress and more, a list of common mistakes to avoid when handling mental disabilities, with examples from recent cases.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14

MORNING SESSION - 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Shandra Czarnecki and Bill Sumerlus

Accommodating Gender Identity and Transsexuality
New and emerging workplace issues surrounding gender identity and transsexuality -- including washrooms, change rooms and uniforms -- in the context of the duty to accommodate.

Accommodating Chronic Disabilities
Strategies for accommodating long-term and often misunderstood disabilities such as chronic pain, chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, migraine headaches and more.

Accommodating the Older Employee
How to accommodate natural changes in an older employee's cognitive and physical abilities and deal with human rights issues that arise with respect to retirement incentives, mandatory-retirement policies and hiring back retired employees.

The Top Ten Tips for Accommodating Addictions
Tips for dealing with complex cases of employee addictions to drugs and alcohol, gambling and pornography.

AFTERNOON SESSION - 1:15 to 3:00 p.m.
Blair Graham (Chair), David Simpson and Mark Toews

Accommodation Allowed...or Denied? 
A labour arbitrator offers instant rulings on accommodation grievances presented by union and management counsel based on real cases. 

PRESENTERS

Shandra Czarnecki
Employer Counsel
Aikins MacAulay & Thorvaldson
Winnipeg

Tracey Epp
Employer Counsel
Pitblado
Winnipeg

A. Blair Graham, Q.C.
Labour arbitrator
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman
Winnipeg

Keith LaBossiere
Labour Law Counsel
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman
Winnipeg

David Lewis
Union Counsel
Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union
Winnipeg

Grant Mitchell, Q.C.
Employer Counsel
Taylor McCaffrey LLP
Winnipeg

David Simpson
Employer Counsel
Fillmore Riley
Winnipeg

Bill Sumerlus
Union Counsel
Winnipeg

Mark Toews
Union Counsel
Deeley Fabbri Sellen Law Corporation
Winnipeg

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

A special guestroom rate of $139 (standard, single/double plus taxes) has been arranged for registrants at The Hotel Fort Garry, 222 Broadway, in the heart of downtown Winnipeg.

Phone hotel reservation directly at (204) 942-8251 and ask for the group rate for "The Accommodation Law Conference" (Group Code 10T9RF). Reserve early as availability is limited.

The Hotel Fort Garry is a unionized hotel.

Tuition

Includes two-day program, conference binder, Certificate of Attendance, continental breakfast and refreshments. Accommodations and other meals are not included.

Individual: $795 (plus $39.75 GST = $834.75)
Group (3+ each): $745 (plus $37.25 GST = $782.25)
Super Group (7+ each): $695 (plus $34.75 GST = $729.75)
To qualify for group rates, registrants must be from the same organization, or union local, and register together.

CANCELLATIONS
Cancellations must be in writing and received by April 6 in order to qualify for a full refund less a $50 administration fee. Non-compliance will result in liability for the entire tuition.

SUBSTITUTIONS
Substitutions may be made at any time.