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Accommodation Case Study

You are the Labour Relations Officer and John Anderson, Maintenance Manager from PS Hospital has contacted you today for assistance. He is having performance issues with an employee, Kelly Smith.

Assignment -Accommodation

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is for learners to apply the laws pertaining to labour relations in the workplace, utilizing an effective management strategy that works within the bounds of a collective agreement, and supportive of a healthy union-management relationship. Learners are also provided with the opportunity to use key term expressions pertaining to labour relations.

How to Proceed

This assignment focuses on the Human Rights Code and the duty to accommodate. As Labour Relations practitioners or in a supervisory capacity, you will be presented with the growing and prevalent issues surrounding reasonable accommodation in the workplace. This case explores how an accommodation may surface, the conflicting needs of the parties and whether duty to accommodate has been met and/or undue hardship reached.

1. Obtain a copy of your work's Disability Management Program Policy, Reasonable Accommodation Policy or related applicable policy. If this is not available to you, you may use a source that is available on the Internet. The policies of major companies can be found publicly on their corporate websites. Make sure to include proper reference to where the policy was retrieved from.

2. Read the attached Case Study 1.

3. Ensure you keep detailed notes on the main issues and different incumbents involved in the case.

4. Write a report to management. Your report should be as concise as possible while providing the pertinent information to support your position. Your report should be between 500-750 words and include:

a. Site the relevant sections of the Act and provide a copy of the Policy(ies) siting the sections referenced. Please note that this policy document does not count towards your total word count.

b. A brief overview of the issue they are confronted with.

c. Your strategy for resolving the issue.

d. Your conclusion as to whether undue hardship has been reached with accompanying rationale.

e. A list of references to any resource that you used to write your report (including the textbook).

Attachment:- Case study.rar