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duty to accommodate mental disabilities

By Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm | 4 Minutes Read September 26, 2014

Accommodating employees with mental disabilities

Research estimates that almost one in five Canadian adults will experience a mental illness or addiction. In the last version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – The Fifth Edition (or DSM-5)the number of recognized mental disabilities increased.

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By Stringer LLP | 3 Minutes Read June 3, 2013

Learn the latest! — What you need to know about the new voluntary workplace mental health standard

The Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace – Prevention, promotion and guidance to staged implementation was released by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, the Bureau de Normalization du Québec and the Canadian Standards Association on January 16, 2013. The Standard provides employers with a framework to develop and sustain a psychologically healthy and safe workplace, through the identification and elimination of hazards in the workplace, the assessment and control of the risks in the workplace, the implementation of structures and practices to facilitate psychological health, and the fostering of a workplace culture that promotes psychological well-being.

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