ANNOUNCEMENT: FAILURE TO ACCOMMODATE AWARD
by Lydia Neilson
FAILURE TO ACCOMMODATE LEADS TO HUMAN RIGHTS AWARE
PUBLIC SERVICE LABOUR RELATIONS BOARD
BETWEEN: NATHALIE CYR, Grievor
AND:
TREASURY BOARD
(DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES & SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, Employer
Project Manager, Nathalie Cyr, works in the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development, Service Canada. In February 2007 Ms Cyr filed a grievance alleging her employer had harassed and discriminated against her and failed in its duty to put in place and maintain accommodations to address her physical limitations due to environmental hypersensitivity she acquired.
Ms Cyr was relatively healthy until she was transferred to her new workplace location in 2004. One month after working there, she started to feel tired, had headaches and sinus pain one hour after she would arrive at work but the symptoms would disappear when she left. She requested and was permitted to work from home as a teleworker and only return to her workplace a few times a week. Eventually, she was requested to return to full-time employment at her workplace which led her to filing a grievance in 2007.
On March 22, 2011 her grievance was allowed and the employer was ordered to pay Ms Cyr, within 60 days:
· $8,000 for pain and suffering she experienced;
· $10,000 as a special award pursuant to subsection (53(3) of the Canadian Human Rights Act; and
· $300 for the medical certicate.
File No. 566-02-2173
Citation: 2011 PSLrB 35
For further details, please view http://pslrb-crtfp.gc.ca/decisions/fulltext/2011-35_e.asp
Lydia
Lydia E. Neilson, M.S.M. , Founder
Chief Executive Officer
NATIONAL ME/FM ACTION NETWORK
512 - 33 Banner Road
Nepean, ON K2H 8V7 Canada
Tel. 613.829.6667
Fax 613.829.8518
Email: mefmaction(a)ncf.ca
www.mefmaction.com
Member of the IACFS/ME
NATIONAL ME/FM ACTION NETWORK - HOST OF THE IACFS/ME INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & CLINICAL CONFERENCE - OTTAWA, CANADA
SEPTEMBER 22 - 25, 2011
For details on agendas and registration, please visit: www.iacfsme.org
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ANNOUNCEMENT: ABOUT THE NATIONAL ME/FM ACTION NETWORK
by Lydia Neilson
Dear Friends:
As there are many who are enquiring about the National ME/FM Action Network and more so as we have a new website and the host of the research and clinical conference in Ottawa in September, I thought I would simplify matters and just let you know in a nutshell about our organization.
Lydia
Lydia E. Neilson, M.S.M. , Founder
Chief Executive Officer
NATIONAL ME/FM ACTION NETWORK
512 - 33 Banner Road
Nepean, ON K2H 8V7 Canada
Tel. 613.829.6667
Fax 613.829.8518
Email: mefmaction(a)ncf.ca
www.mefmaction.com
NATIONAL ME/FM ACTION NETWORK
1. A registered Canadian all-volunteer charity established in 1993 with a world-wide outreach and proven track record;
2. ACTION-oriented;
3. Spearheaded the Working Case Clinical Definitions, Diagnostic & treatment Protocols for ME/CFS and FM – Consensus Documents, known world-wide as the Canadian Definitions;
4. Responsible for the publishing of the definitions which led to the establishment and publishing of the ME/CFS and FM Overviews;
5. An active website with a presence on Facebook, Twitter and www.ME-CFSCommunitiy.com;
6. Hosts conferences and host of the 10th international IACFS/ME clinical and research conference for ME/CFS, FM and related illnesses in Ottawa on September 22nd to 25th, 2011.
7. Publishes a quarterly newsletter QUEST on medical, research and legal matters and now includes a section entitled The Journey dealing with issues on treatment, support and empowerment to the ME/CFS and FM communities,
8. Sends out regular email announcements of interest to contacts on its roster; and keeps in touch with and collaborates with support Networks in Canada, the U.S. and the rest of the world;
9. Developed resource items, such as a Canada Pension Plan Disability Guide, TEACH-ME Sourcebook for Teachers and Parents, Legal Disability Manual etc.
10. Intervenes in precedent-setting court cases; and supports scientific endeavours.
Our annual membership of $30.00 is open to everyone world-wide and includes our quarterly newsletter QUEST .
NATIONAL ME/FM ACTION NETWORK - HOST OF THE IACFS/ME INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH & CLINICAL CONFERENCE - OTTAWA, CANADA
SEPTEMBER 22 - 25, 2011
Visit: www.iacfsme.org
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