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ARTICLE · 04 NOVEMBER 2010

Focus on Employment | Labour - November 2010

Employee absences from the workplace due to illness or disability can raise difficult issues for employers.

CanadaEmployment and HR

Contents

  • The Importance of Obtaining Accurate Up‐to‐Date Medical Information When Dealing with Ill or Injured Employees
  • One Strike and You're Out? Single Incident Just Cause
  • The Price of Bullying in the Workplace: A Comment on the Ontario Court of Appeal's Decision in Piresferreira v. Ayotte
  • B.C. Considers Reform of Workplace Dispute Adjudication

The Importance of Obtaining Accurate Up‐to‐Date Medical Information When Dealing with Ill or Injured Employees
By Adrian Elmslie

Employee absences from the workplace due to illness or disability can raise difficult issues for employers. While regular attendance at work is a legitimate expectation for an employer to have of their employees, this expectation must also be balanced with an employer's duty to accommodate disabled employees.

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