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By Christopher Lytle MA CDS | 2 Minutes Read November 27, 2015

A Canadians with Disabilities Act would be great wouldn’t it?

Even before the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, there was real thought being put into the potential development of a Canadians with Disabilities Act. It began with the structuring of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and has found its permanence with other large scale developments such as the development of UN policy and focus on the inclusion of people with disabilities.

Article by Christopher Lytle MA CDS / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights / accessibility, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, anti-discrimination, AODA, Canadian Disability Policy Alliance, Canadians with Disabilities Act, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, short-term disability, the inclusion of people with disabilities, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

By Michele Glassford | 3 Minutes Read October 5, 2015

Do you need a transgender policy?

The recent well-publicized transgender celebrities, and Emmy wins for the Amazon show Transparent, have put gender identity, gender expression, transsexual and transgender issues on the social and political agenda. Most employers should already have general anti-discrimination, anti-harassment and accommodation policies recognizing protected human rights grounds. So if an employer doesn’t have a transsexual or transgender employee, how important is it to have a specific policy dealing with transsexual, transgender, gender identity and gender expression? For some employers, it may be essential.

Article by Michele Glassford / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Privacy, Union Relations / Accommodation on the Basis of Gender Expression and Gender Identity, anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, discrimination on the basis of gender identity or gender expression, duty to accommodate, employment law, gender expression, gender identity, HR Law, Human Resources PolicyPro, human rights tribunals, protected human rights grounds, transgender policy, transsexual and transgender

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 2 Minutes Read May 7, 2010

Discrimination prevention strategies

What can employers do in their workplace to prevent discrimination against employees who have disabilities?

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Human Rights / anti-discrimination, anti-harassment, Disability, disability in the workplace, discrimination, education, human rights, human rights code, human rights legislation, policies, prevention

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