Common use of WORKPLACE ACCOMMODATION Clause in Contracts

WORKPLACE ACCOMMODATION. (a) The Employer and the Union recognize their joint duty to accommodate disabled employees and agree to abide by the Ontario Human Rights Code with respect to accommodation of an employee with a disability (b) When it has been medically determined that an employee is unable to return to full duties of her position due to a disability, the Employer will meet with the employee and the Bargaining Unit President or their designate and if they wish, the staff representative of the Ontario Nurses’ Association to discuss the circumstances surrounding the employee’s return to suitable work. The Employer will pay the employee and the Bargaining Unit President or their designate for all time spent in return to work meetings. (c) Any agreement resulting from these discussions which conflicts with the Collective Agreement shall, subject to agreement by the Union, prevail over any provision of this agreement in the event of a conflict. (d) Positions established in order to accommodate a disabled employee will not constitute new classifications and shall lapse upon the termination, resignation, or retirement of the employee in question, or if the employee ceases to require accommodation.

WORKPLACE ACCOMMODATION. (a) The Employer and the Union recognize their joint duty to accommodate disabled employees and agree to abide by the Ontario Human Rights Code with respect to accommodation of an employee with a disability. (b) When it has been medically determined that an employee is unable to return to full duties of her position due to a disability, the Employer will meet with the employee and the Bargaining Unit President or their designate and if they wish, the staff representative of the Ontario Nurses’ Association to discuss the circumstances surrounding the employee’s return to suitable work. The Employer will pay the employee and the Bargaining Unit President or their designate for all time spent in return to work meetings. (c) Any agreement resulting from these discussions which conflicts with the Collective Agreement shall, subject to agreement by the Union, prevail over any provision of this agreement in the event of a conflict. (d) Positions established in order to accommodate a disabled employee will not constitute new classifications and shall lapse upon the termination, resignation, or retirement of the employee in question, or if the employee ceases to require accommodation.