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By Christopher Lytle MA CDS | 2 Minutes Read April 29, 2016

Accessibility is a human rights issue

Accessibility is a human rights issue. When we look at how it is enacted through the Ontario Human Rights Commission, their online trainings, and their policy papers, we can plainly see that this is the case.

Article by Christopher Lytle MA CDS / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Human Rights, Union Relations / accessibility, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, AODA, diversity of a workforce, employment law, human rights code, Ontario human rights commission, people with disabilities

By Cristina Lavecchia | < 1 Minutes Read April 28, 2016

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: An employee's complaint regarding video surveillance cameras pointed toward her work area without the employer informing her of the installation; an FAQ that looks at an employer's overpayment of vacation pay on a former employee's final pay; and the Ontario Ministry of Labour's plan to conduct targeted employment standards and occupational health and safety blitzes in workplaces across the province over the next year.

Article by Cristina Lavecchia / Business, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Payroll, Privacy / employer surveillance cameras, employment law, employment standards, employment standards act, health and safety, occupational health and safety act, overpayment of vacation pay, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, Privacy Act, T4, targated blitzes, vacation pay

By Devry Smith Frank LLP | 2 Minutes Read April 27, 2016

Human Rights Tribunal finds miscarriage constitutes disability

A recent interim decision of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal addressed whether a miscarriage could constitute a disability for the purposes of human rights legislation.

Article by Devry Smith Frank LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / Disability, duty to accommodate, emotional distress, employment law, human rights code, human rights legislation, human rights protections, medical condition, miscarriage, miscarriage was a disability, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, pregnancy and maternity, sex, slip and fall accident

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