Cancer and Work — The Charter Toolkits

Six resources for the phase before anyone has a diagnosis — what to say, what to avoid, an immediate support check-in, a confidentiality note, a temporary flexibility checklist and an escalation pathway.

Appointment planning form, short-notice absence notification, scheduling options checklist, minimal-documentation decision guide, coverage worksheet and a manager fairness check.

Helps an employee think through whether and how to disclose, with a manager response script, a limited-need-to-know information map, a re-disclosure drift check and a Quebec-specific note.

Consent form, manager communication boundaries, coworker communication templates, work-planning information summary, records and access log, privacy-breach response note and a team-questions guide.

Preparation sheet, manager pocket card, supportive follow-up email templates, a phrases-to-use / phrases-to-avoid sheet, a listening self-check and a difficult-moments response guide.

Contact map, leave and benefits navigation checklist, plain-language employee guide, benefits question prompts, a forms-and-deadlines tracker and a navigation handoff note.

Referral decision support, contact directory template, employee discussion guide, consent and information-sharing note, tracking log and a work-focused referral summary form.

Coverage plan during leave, gradual return-to-work planner, team impact check, duty redistribution log, priority and deferral matrix, workload risk rating — plus a Job Analysis Tool and a Task Analysis Worksheet.

Review form, functional observation checklist, adjustment planner, workload and schedule tolerance check, weekly summary note, employee reflection prompts and a multi-party review record.

Pre-return, early-days, week 1/2, week 4 and monthly sustainability check-in templates, plus escalation triggers and an employee-friendly overview.

Reopen support without restarting the whole process — request template, conversation guide, prior-accommodation review, planning form, tracking log and an early re-engagement message card.

A structured way to separate a genuine performance problem from an unmet support need — before anyone escalates to performance management.

Self-paced module map, companion worksheets, scenario exercises, a sample-language sheet, a short knowledge check and a completion summary.

Planning worksheet plus three instruments: a Fatigue Tracking Tool, an Energizers and Drainers Tool, and the Cancer and Work Scale (CAWSE).

Bilingual eLearning curriculum with certificate: research primer, diagnostic uncertainty, privacy and disclosure, staying connected during leave, RTW planning, initial return and pacing, fatigue and cognition, support before performance management, long-term sustainability, organizational capacity. Roughly five hours.

Federal, Quebec and all 13 jurisdictions across four pillars: duty to accommodate, employment-standards leaves, medical-information privacy, and income support. Covers the 2024–26 wave of new 27-week long-term illness leaves — Ontario June 2025, BC November 2025, Alberta and Saskatchewan January 2026, Nova Scotia January 2025, Newfoundland December 2024, Manitoba November 2024. Downloadable PDF.

Commit and set the foundation, build capability and align policy, put it into practice and measure, then sustain. Includes a Manager's Kit pull-sheet, sample internal announcements and an organizational self-assessment.

The Canadian and seminal international evidence base on cancer and work. Headline finding: only 24% of organizations have cancer-specific return-to-work policies, and just 7% have a cancer-specific gradual return program.

Four themes: support employees in maintaining and returning to work; train and inform; promote health and wellness; continuously improve cancer coverage and policies. Free to sign, not legally binding, two-year implementation horizon. Launched June 2026 at the CPBI Forum in Québec City.

Accommodation options organized by the specific limitation — fatigue, cognitive change, neuropathy, nausea, immune suppression — rather than by diagnosis.

Canada's primary cancer-and-work hub, with plain-language guidance for employers and separate pathways for employees and healthcare providers. Developed out of McGill.

National survivorship guidance on the practical challenges of returning to work, from Canada's federal cancer strategy body.

Drug-cost assistance programs, travel and lodging support, income-support navigation and compassionate-access programs across Canada.

The most practical employee-facing work-and-cancer guidance published anywhere — rights, disclosure, sick pay, and going back to work.

Employer-side toolkits, line-manager guidance and workplace policy templates from the UK's largest cancer support charity.

Guidance for someone supporting a colleague or employee through cancer, with practical workplace scenarios.

Worker-facing guidance on the phase after active treatment finishes — when everyone assumes you are fine and you are not.

Ontario-based oncology education for healthcare professionals, including patient-navigation and survivorship training.

Occupational carcinogen exposure data by industry and by substance — who is exposed to what, and where.

Provincial cancer agency with treatment protocols, patient resources and survivorship guidance that are useful reference material nationally.