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accommodating mental illness

By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read January 29, 2020

Accommodating mental disabilities in the workplace

In our previous blog on mental health in the workplace, we looked at the distinction between mental illness and ordinary stress and anxiety. We’ll now turn our attention to ways employers should approach their duty to accommodate employees with mental disabilities.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Health and Safety / accommodating mental illness, accommodation, accommodation process, accommodation to the point of undue hardship, employment law, expert opinion, medical documentation, mental disabilities, mental health, mental health in the workplace

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read August 23, 2018

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with a case in which the BC Supreme Court found that an employee's secret pay raise and bonus warranted his summary dismissal, a study that found the economic benefits of hiring and accommodating workers with mental illnesses outweigh the costs, and the Ontario Cannabis Act.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights / accommodating mental illness, BC Supreme Court, Bohmer v Burns Lake Native Logging, employment law, inclusive workplace culture, just cause dismissal, mental health in the workplace, Mental illness, occupational health and safety, Ontario Cannabis Store, recreational cannabis, recreational marijuana, termination for cause

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