Advanced Duty to Accommodate Course

The PSAC is pleased to offer an advanced course for Union representatives…

Advanced Duty to Accommodate: Accommodating Members With Disabilities

This course is for PSAC union representatives (stewards, local officers, etc.) who have:

• training on and experience with representing members with disabilities;
• training on and experience with the duty to accommodate;
• received some union training (or equivalent experience) directly related to representing members in the workplace.

Applicants must be PSAC members in good standing who have completed a Talking Union Basics (TUB) or National Aboriginal People’s Circle (NAPC) course or equivalent.  Preference will be given to applicants who have also completed a Grievance Handling (GH) course and/or a Duty to Accommodate (DTA) course or their equivalents and who have experience representing members in the workplace.

Know:

• when the duty to accommodate becomes applicable;
• the different processes involving workplace accommodation for members with disabilities i.e. Disability benefits, return to work (RTW), Workers’ Compensation and injury on duty (IOD), health and safety provisions, and medical assessment;

Feel:

• more confident when dealing with some of the challenges and key issues related to duty to accommodate members with disabilities (i.e.; mental health disabilities, multiple disabilities and other oppressions and harassment);
• they have the tools and information needed to effectively represent members requiring accommodation in the workplace;

Be Able To:

• apply the legal definition of discrimination and accommodation in the workplace;
• identify proactive accommodation measures for the workplace;
• name various recourse mechanisms for members requiring accommodation.

The PSAC will provide travel, accommodation, meal and incidental allowances, loss of salary, and reimbursement of family care costs, in accordance with the PSAC Travel and Family Care policies.  Please note that this is an advanced in-residence course so hotel accommodation will be provided for all participants including those living in the Vancouver area.

PSAC representatives interested in this course are asked to apply online by Friday October 23, 2015.

Any questions, please contact

Deb Seaboyer, BC Regional Education Officer

c/o PSAC Vancouver Regional Office
phone: 604-430-5631 / 1-800-663-1655 ext 1748

e-mail: seaboyd@psac.com

All applicants will be contacted by November 4, 2015 to advise if they have been accepted as a participant on the course.  Details about travel, accommodation, expenses, etc. will be sent to union representatives selected as course participants by November 9, 2015.