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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read December 20, 2012

Slaw: Ontario accessibility standards: What comes after the December 31, 2012 reporting deadline?

Ontario’s Accessibility Standard for Customer Service came into effect on January 1, 2012 for all businesses and not-for-profits in the province with more than one employee. If an organization has more than 20 employees, an online report must be filed by December 31, 2012 to demonstrate to the government that accessibility has been achieved under the Customer Service Standard. Many organizations are now asking “what comes next?”

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Human Rights / accessibility, Accessibility Compliance Reporting tool, AODA, businesses, businesses and not-for-profits, December 31 2012 reporting deadline, Disability, employment law, Integrated Regulation, ontario, Ontario accessibility standards, persons with disabilities, ServiceOntario, small business, Small business practices

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read December 20, 2012

Most-viewed articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three most read articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with discrimination based on on ethnic background and place of origin, amendments to the Old Age Security regulations, and what you need to remember when hosting company holiday parties.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Payroll / department of human resources and skill development, discrimination, employment law, ethnic background and place of origin, ethnicity, hiring process, holiday party, holiday season, old age security, Ontario human rights commission, social host

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read December 20, 2012

Why the need for a comprehensive health benefits plan?

To many, comprehensive health benefits are second nature. We don’t think about them often because if we’re lucky, we don’t need to use them often (except the massages, of course). In fact, the majority of people won’t need (and might not even be aware of) the larger part of their policy coverage. So why is comprehensive health insurance so important? Let’s start with the basics.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Payroll / a benefit plan provides an incentive to be productive, absenteeism will be reduced, anxiety, Attraction and retention, benefits package, comprehensive health benefits plan, dental care, emergency medical care, Employee wellness, Employer provided benefits plan, ensure that employees are healthy, Extended health care, group insurance, health benefits, health insurance, healthy lifestyle, Hindsight is 20-20, Medical insurance, Medicare, Motivated and productive employees, policy coverage, tension or stress, vision care

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