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By Occasional Contributors | 6 Minutes Read January 31, 2020

Mental health at work: An employer’s duty to inquire

In cases where an employer suspects that an employee suffers from a mental illness that may be affecting their performance at work, the employer has a duty to inquire.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Health and Safety / accommodation policies, discipline, duty to inquire, medical information, Mental illness, mental illness accommodation

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read November 28, 2016

Proposed Manitoba accessible employment standards

The Accessibility Advisory Council’s (AAC) is inviting interested stakeholders to provide their views to its initial proposal for accessible employment standards. Therefore, employment is the second of five accessibility standards being developed under the Accessibility for Manitobans Act (AMA).

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Accessibility Standards, Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Payroll, Privacy / accessibility, accessible employment standards, accessible format, accommodation policies, communication support, employment law, HR, HR Law, Human Resources, individual accommodation plans, Manitoba accessible employment standards, persons with disabilities, policies and procedures, reasonable accommodations, Recruitment and hiring, return to work process, Workplace emergency response

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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