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accommodation to the point of undue hardship

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 Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation | 4 Minutes Read October 4, 2019

Can accommodation include a reduction in pay?

One issue that arises occasionally when an employee is being accommodated is whether the employer can adjust their compensation to bring it in line with their new reduced hours and/or duties.

Article by Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Payroll / accommodation, accommodation to the point of undue hardship, Compensation for employees, employment law, Employment status

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 3 Minutes Read September 9, 2019

Objective evidence required when attempting to limit or deny an employee’s accommodation request

Recent Ontario human rights jurisprudence has reaffirmed many of the principles associated with the employer’s duty to accommodate. In particular, when assessing accommodation requests, employers need not apply/accept each accommodation request, but must ensure that they are only denying or limiting lawful accommodation requests in the presence of sufficient evidence to support the limitation or denial.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll / accommodatin, accommodation to the point of undue hardship, duty to accommodate, employment law, health and safety, modified work arrangements, undue hardship

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