Common use of Accommodation Procedure Clause in Contracts

Accommodation Procedure. It is the mutual desire of the Employer and the Union to assist in the accommodation/rehabilitation of ill or injured employees and to permit their return to meaningful employment and the resumption of an active role in the workplace. (a) Employees who have been deemed by a medical doctor to be partially, but not totally, disabled will be provided with modified work consistent with their functional abilities and limitations, if feasible. (b) The Parties agree to establish a Joint Accommodation Committee consisting of equal representation from the Union and the Employer. (c) The Parties recognize that the proper functioning of the Joint Accommodation Committee requires the Parties to co-operate with each other and to disclose relevant information to each other. It is the responsibility of the disabled employee to provide the Employer with medical information of his functional abilities and limitations from his medical doctor and any other treating health professional. This information shall be supplied as and when required to review the disabled employee's functional abilities and limitations and progress. (d) Where the employee cannot be accommodated in their regular classification, the Joint Accommodation Committee will meet for the purpose of reviewing and recommending appropriate individual case strategies for the safe and successful return of disabled workers to the workplace as soon as possible after an illness or accident whether work related or not. (e) If there are more disabled employees at any time requiring accommodation than there are accommodations available, the available accommodations must be assigned to the employees capable of performing the work in order of seniority. (f) No employee shall be displaced from their current position as a result of an accommodation of a disabled employee. (g) If an employee cannot be accommodated at the completion of this process, he will be referred back to WorkSafeBC or other wage loss benefit providers.