A practical, one-day seminar on progressive discipline and its everyday application in the unionized workplace. Suitable for supervisors, union stewards and other front-line labour and management representatives.

Topics Covered:

• Progressive Discipline: Key Principles
• Discipline and the Duty to Accommodate
• Drugs, Alcohol and Discipline
• Poor Performance and "Bad Attitude"
• Enforcement of Employer Rules
• Dealing with Excessive Absenteeism
• Dealing with Pattern Absences
• Avoiding Pitfalls in Termination
• Effective Alternatives to Discipline
• Sample forms, letters and documents
• And more!

Grant Mitchell, Q.C. is a labour lawyer with over 20 years' of experience representing clients in labour law matters at the Winnipeg law firm, Taylor McCaffrey. Mr. Mitchell has addressed thousands of union and employer representatives across Canada on progressive discipline and its application in the unionized workplace. As a presenter, he has earned top ratings for his clear and effective communication style.

THE ESSENTIALS OF THE DUTY TO ACCOMMODATE
With Michael Lynk, Labour Arbitrator; Editor, ACCOMMODATION E-LERT

A one-day seminar on the duty to accommodate, including a comprehensive legal overview and practical guidelines for dealing with specific accommodation issues commonly faced by union and employer representatives.

Topics Covered:

• The legal duty on unions and employers
• What the duty does not require
• The definition of "disability"
• Physical and mental disabilities that qualify
• Providing light and modified duties
• Accommodating substance dependency
• Accommodating mental disabilities
• Accommodating religious observance
• What is "undue hardship"?
• Pay and benefits for disabled employees
• Specific accommodation options
• How much accommodation is enough?
• And more!

Michael Lynk is a labour arbitrator and mediator and Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario in London. Arbitrator Lynk has addressed thousands of union and employer representatives across Canada on the duty to accommodate and its impact on the unionized workplace. He is also Editor of ACCOMMODATION E-LERT, the online resource for unions and employers offered by the Centre For Labour-Management Development.