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By Cristina Lavecchia | < 1 Minutes Read February 23, 2017

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: Employers seeking to change an employee's terms and conditions of employment; OHRC guidelines on medical information and disability-related accommodation; CRA Income Tax Folio S4-F2-C2, Business Use of Home Expenses.

Article by Cristina Lavecchia / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / accommodate disability, Business Use of Home Expenses, Disability, employee with a disability, employment agreement, employment contract, employment law, medical information, medical note

By Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm | 3 Minutes Read June 7, 2016

Ontario Court of Appeal upholds decision to reinstate disabled employee with 10 years back pay: Will human rights litigation ever be the same again?

I predict a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision will have a significant impact on human rights litigation. In particular, I suspect disabled employees will start asking employers to find or create alternative positions for them if they cannot perform their job duties because of a disability, and terminated employees will start asking adjudicators to reinstate them with full back pay.

Article by Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll / back pay, back pay award, disabled employee, duty to accommodate, employee with a disability, employment law, employment relationship, human rights litigation, Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario Human Rights Code, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, reinstatement, Reinstatement as a remedy, undue hardship

By Stringer LLP | 3 Minutes Read September 4, 2015

Court finds abandonment for failure to return to work or provide medical

Disability management is a challenging issue for HR professionals. An employee with a disability may require an extended absence from work due to their medical condition. Where an employer provides disability benefits, the employee will be required to show that they meet the definition of disability under the insurance policy, which will require the disclosure of medical information.

Article by Stringer LLP / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Human Rights, Payroll, Privacy, Union Relations / abandonment, absence from work due to medical condition, Betts v IBM Canada Ltd., Disability benefits, disability management, Disclosure of medical information, duty to accommodate, employee had abandoned his employment, employee with a disability, employment law, Failure to provide medical information, failure to return to work, HR professionals, reasonable medical information to substantiate an absence

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