Dr. Baker reviews the more common disabling conditions and describes the steps between the first appearance of a problem in the workplace, its diagnosis, treatment, and the employee’s return to work as practiced in Canada. A balance is struck between safety, human rights, performance, and the employee’s medical care. A panel discussion follows of the …

The employee’s rights to freedom of speech, religious freedom and freedom from religious discrimination are examined in the public and private workplace.

Attorney Barrett addresses the Canadian employer’s duty to accommodate employees’ religious holidays.

Canadian jurisprudence: The author presents the the legal foundation for freedom of religion in Canada, and the evolving duty to accommodate religious beliefs and practices in the workplace. Accommodating a multitude of individually held beliefs has been tempered by the courts, tribunals, and arbitrators.

Canadian Jurisprudence: Recent developments in the duty to accommodate employees’ disabilities.

Canadian jurisprudence: The evolving law of family status accommodation and discrimination is surveyed.