Employees with Disabilities. The Employer and the Union agree to cooperate with each other in making every reasonable effort to provide opportunities for older employees or employees with disabilities to retain employment, recognizing the Employer is not obliged to create work as part of the accommodation process.
Employees with Disabilities. Section A – General 33.01 (a) Where an regular employee is unable to perform any or all the substantive duties and responsibilities of the employee’s position due to disability, the University, in consultation with the Union, will make every reasonable accommodation up to the point of undue hardship to enable the employee to continue to perform the substantive duties and responsibilities of the employee’s position. Prior to making a formal request for accommodation, the employee and manager may resolve the matter at the departmental level.
Employees with Disabilities a) It is recognized by the Union and the Company that from time to time problems may arise regarding the placing of handicapped employees on jobs. Accordingly, it is agreed that where such situations arise, the Company and the Union will discuss and attempt to agree on positions for such employees. Where is it mutually agreed to place such employees on certain jobs, they may be given preference in such classifications. However, should a handicapped employee become physically fit again, he shall be removed from the preferred list. The lay-off provisions of this Agreement shall apply to handicapped employees.
b) Employees with at least one (1) year of service transferred to jobs in accordance with Clause 16.02
(a) shall maintain their former classified rate for a period of fifty-two (52) weeks. At the expiration of this time period, such employees shall receive the rate of pay for the job that they are performing.
c) It is recognized that at times special placements are made and time is required for medical tests and assessment. It is agreed that while medical assessment continues, the employee will receive the rate for his former classified job. In the event that the special placement is confirmed the employee will receive the rate of pay for the job he is performing unless he has not received the fifty-two (52) weeks at his former classified rate as set out in Clause 16.02(b).
Employees with Disabilities. 24.01 The Board and the Union recognize their shared obligation under the Ontario Human Rights Code with respect to the accommodation of employees with disabilities.
Employees with Disabilities. The parties will exert reasonable effort to comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and other statutes related to employees with disabilities whether or not such employees are members of the bargaining unit. The City and the Union agree that any dispute related to the interpretation or application of the various statutes shall be resolved in accordance with statutory dispute resolution procedures and will not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedures of the Agreement.
Employees with Disabilities. Section 1. The Employer agrees to comply with provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans With Disabilities Act to fulfill its legal obligations to employees with disabilities.
Section 2. The Employer agrees to publicize regulations, policies and procedures related to the employment of employees with disabilities.
Section 3. Employees with disabilities will be treated fairly and equitably with regard to application of personnel policies related to promotions, reassignments, awards, training, and career development.
Employees with Disabilities. Within the limitation imposed by the Board’s unwillingness to create unnecessary work, the Board is willing to make every conceivable effort in co-operation with the Union in order to provide opportunities for older employees and employees with disabilities to retain employment.
Employees with Disabilities. (a) The City of Prince Xxxxxx recognizes that employment of individuals with disabilities is desirable and every effort should be made to facilitate such employment in suitable positions. It is further recognized that training and/or experience oriented special programs are beneficial to individuals with disabilities and that the City and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Locals 399 and 1048 shall cooperate with placements where such programs can be accommodated.
(b) Employees who have given long and faithful service, or who have been physically injured in the employ of the City, or, after a prolonged illness, which leaves them unable to carry out their previous duties, will be given preference of such other work as may be available at the prevailing rate of such work, providing the employee is able to perform the duties or can be reasonably trained to perform the duties.
(c) The methods to facilitate placement of new employees with disabilities shall be as follows: Vacancies will be posted (except those specified in Articles 9.08 and 15.01
(d) of the Collective Agreement) and positions will be filled on the basis of qualifications, ability, and seniority. The Human Resources Department will place job postings on internal bulletin boards. In addition it will advertise job vacancies on the City’s website and, as required, in the newspaper. If there are no internal applicants who qualify for selection, the Employer may hire an external applicant providing he or she is more qualified than any of the internal applicants are. Where no significant difference exists in the qualifications of external candidates for a position, an applicant with a disability will receive preference over an applicant without a disability.
Employees with Disabilities. Section 1. In accordance with Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, Section 403 of the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, and other Government wide rules and regulations pertaining to the employment of individuals with disabilities, the Employer is committed to affirmative action for the employment, placement, and advancement of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.
Section 2. The Employer will offer reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with a disability regardless of type of appointment, unless the Employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the Employer’s mission. Undue hardship is defined in 29 C.F.R. Section 1614.203.
Section 3. The Parties recognize that individual accommodations will be determined on a case-by- case basis, taking into consideration the employee’s specific disability, the employee’s suggestions for reasonable accommodations, existing limitations, the work environment, and undue hardship imposed on the operation of the Employer’s mission as defined above. Qualified employees with disabilities may request specific accommodations. However, the Employer is not required to provide the employee’s accommodation of choice as long as the Employer provides a reasonable accommodation.
Section 4. The Parties agree that reasonable accommodation means an adjustment made to a job and/or the work environment that enables a qualified person with a disability to perform the essential duties of that position. The Employer will promptly consider requests for reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. Such accommodations will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis with regard to the merit of the request.
Section 5. Should a non probationary employee become unable to perform the essential functions of his/her position due to a disability, even with reasonable accommodation, the Employer shall offer to reassign the employee when a funded vacant position is available for which the employee qualifies, subject to all conditions in 29 C.F.R. Section 1614.203(g) being met.
Section 6. Job restructuring is one of the principal means by which some qualified workers with disabilities can be accommodated. The principal steps in restructuring jobs are:
a. identify which factor, if any, makes a job incompatible with the worker’s disability
b. if a barrier is identified in a...
Employees with Disabilities. 18.11.1 Every reasonable effort will be made to maintain employment for employees with disabilities who are in receipt of a medical certificate advising against performing their regular duties by providing these employees with work that is compatible with their abilities but does not create unnecessary work.
