long-term absence from work

It takes two to tango: Superior Court rules on employees’ duty to facilitate in the accommodation process

May 13, 2016 Stringer LLP Accessibility Standards, Conferences, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Human Rights, Integrated Accessibility Regulation, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Standard for Employment, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

Employers have a duty to accommodate employees with disabilities to the point of undue hardship, including facilitating the return to work of employees who require disability-related accommodation. An important aspect of this duty is procedural, i.e. the steps taken to search for a reasonable accommodation. Even if an employer ultimately cannot accommodate without undue hardship, failure to engage in the procedural aspect of the duty to accommodate is a violation of the Human Rights Code.

17th Annual Ontario Employment Law Conference, accommodating employees with disabilities, accommodation process, disability-related accommodation, duty to accommodate, employment law, human rights code, human rights damages, long-term absence from work