Canada (Ontario) - Absenteeism case

Attendance Management Human Rights Versus Lean Operations - Lessons Learned from Keays v. Honda Canada Inc.
Attendance management is a perennial problem for human resource managers. The problem is compounded when the employee purports to have a medical condition that is poorly understood, hard to prove (or disprove) and is intermittently absent. Honda Canada Inc. made some terrible mistakes in the case of one of its employees, Kevin Keays. A trial judge awarded the employee two years notice and $500,000 in punitive damages.

This is a fascinating article with implications for anyone interested in the management of absenteeism - not just for people in Canada. Might make a useful seminar case.