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Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 4 Minutes Read September 8, 2016

Gender wage gap has not been closing: Report to the Ontario government

The gender wage gap steering committee recently submitted its final report to the Ontario government. The main finding was that the gender wage gap has not been closing and the government must take action. Further, the committee stated that there is much that employers can do immediately in order to ameliorate the situation.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, closing the wage gap, employment law, employment standards act, gender inequality, gender stereotyping, gender wage gap, Gender Wage Gap Steering Committee, gender workplace analysis, human rights code, key factors associated with the gender wage gap, occupational health and safety act, pay equity act, pay transparency, women labour force participation and education, working women in Ontario

By Cristina Lavecchia | < 1 Minutes Read August 4, 2016

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: legislative amendments that expanded the access to Employment Insurance benefits; a case where a former employee was awarded six months' compensation in lieu of notice after she had declined a severance package offered to her by the employer; further recent updates regarding the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

Article by Cristina Lavecchia / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / access to employment insurance benefits, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accessible formats and communication supports, AODA, compensation in lieu of notice, customer service policies, damages for breach of contract, Employment Insurance Act, employment insurance benefits, Employment Insurance Regulations, employment law, employment standards act, integrated accessibility standards, mitigation, NERE, New Entrants and Re-Entrant provisions, persons with disabilities, reasonable notice, service animal

By Rubin Thomlinson LLP | 3 Minutes Read June 17, 2016

Mental health or physical disabilities that deal with the duty to accommodate

Mastering the ins and outs of the duty to accommodate under human rights legislation is hard. In fact, some would go so far as to say impossible. It’s no wonder this topic has floated to the top of the list of challenges faced by HR practitioners. I’ve given this some thought and come up with a number of rules that I feel should be followed in all cases.

Article by Rubin Thomlinson LLP / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Union Relations / Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, accommodation policies, Adrian Ishak, AODA, disability coverage, duty to accommodate, eligibility for benefits, employment law, group-insured employee benefit plans, HR practitioners, human rights legislation, Ontario human rights commission, request for accommodation, Rubin Thomlinson LLP

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