anxiety

Normal anxiety or mental illness? A guide for employers

January 28, 2020 Occasional Contributors Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, 0

Employers have a duty to accommodate employees suffering from mental illnesses. But distinguishing mental illness from ordinary anxiety is no easy matter.

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Hold the applause: Clapping banned to reduce individual anxiety

November 16, 2018 Vey Willetts LLP Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights

A request for accommodation of alleged employee anxiety triggered by clapping should be treated in the same way as any other disability-related request for accommodation, that is, the employer must establish that there is in fact a disability triggering a duty to accommodate, and engage in a meaningful way to provide reasonable accommodation of the disability in question up to the point of undue hardship.

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Emra v. Impression Bridal Ltd.: The hefty price of ignorance of the ‘Code’

February 23, 2015 Kevin Sambrano, Sambrano Legal Services Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Integrated Accessibility Regulation, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Standard for Employment, Training and Development, Wages and Compensation

The human rights case of Emra v. Impression Bridal Inc. reminds us that a disability may be hidden, but when brought to the employer’s attention, it should not be ignored

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Why the need for a comprehensive health benefits plan?

December 20, 2012 Occasional Contributors Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Wages and Compensation

To many, comprehensive health benefits are second nature. We don’t think about them often because if we’re lucky, we don’t need to use them often (except the massages, of course). In fact, the majority of people won’t need (and might not even be aware of) the larger part of their policy coverage. So why is comprehensive health insurance so important? Let’s start with the basics.

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