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How to Address Addictions in the Workplace

Addictions, whether substance use (drugs & alcohol), or behavioral (gambling), can have a devastating impact on an individual’s health, relationships, and overall quality of life.

In the workplace, addictions may affect performance and lead to distracted work, unauthorized absences, conduct issues, poor hygiene, requests for wage advances, and higher risk of accidents and injuries.

Under Canadian human rights law, disability includes physical, psychological, and mental conditions. This means addiction qualifies as a disability in Canada. If you fire an employee for a suspected or known addiction, you may be opening your business up to wrongful dismissal claims.

In this webinar, our experts, Olivia Cicchini and Robert Babcock, provide guidance on how to identify and address addictions in the workplace.

After watching the webinar, you’ll know:

  • Types of addictions

  • How to spot an addict
  • Addictions and human rights law
  • HR policies you need to manage addictions
  • Employer obligations on handling addictions
  • And more…



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Meet Our Speakers



Olivia Cicchini, Employment Law Expert & Presenter, Peninsula Canada

A licensed paralegal, Olivia has significant insight into legal, HR, and employee management challenges faced by Canadian SMEs. 

She utilizes her employment law expertise to create relevant and comprehensive content to help small business owners stay compliant with employment standards and health & safety legislation.  

Olivia’s incisive commentary regularly appears on radio, websites and in newspapers. Her views have been featured on CBC Radio, CTV News, CP24, and Toronto Sun.





Robert Babcock, Health and Safety SafeWorkCheck Partner, Peninsula Canada

Robert is an experienced health and safety manager with a demonstrated history of ensuring the organizations within his portfolio have established a comprehensive and compliant OHS program and have effectively and efficiently maintained their Internal Responsibility System on an on-going basis.

He is passionate about educating business owners on both what their legal requirements are to establish a safe work environment as well as the substantial return on investment a health and safety program can be for all Canadian businesses.