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By Marcia Scheffler | 3 Minutes Read September 22, 2015

Is the AODA standard for employment applicable to volunteers? 

Volunteers are crucial to many  not-for-profit and public organizations.  All not-for-profits have volunteers – even if it is just at the Board of Director level.  There is widespread awareness that the training standards for the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) apply to both volunteers and staff in the organization.  But what about the accessibility standard for employment? Is it applicable to volunteers? 

Article by Marcia Scheffler / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights / accessibility, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, AODA and volunteers, charities, employment law, not-for-profit, Ontario Human Rights Code, recruiting process, selection process, volunteer engagement, volunteer management, volunteer screening, volunteers

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read March 12, 2014

Introducing our newest guest blogger The Disability Network

We are very pleased to announce that The Disability Network (TDN) team members headed by Jerry Ford will be blogging on First Reference Talks and Inside Internal Controls.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Accessibility Standards, Administration / charitable sectors, Digital Cable Network, disability community, disability issues and solutions, implement accessibility, Jerry Ford, not-for-profit, persons with disabilities, TDN, The Disability Network

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 2 Minutes Read December 5, 2013

Three of the most popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

Three of the most popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with an excessive termination for a safety violation; an harassment complaint based on the prohibited ground of gender and how human resource issues can be challenging for volunteer boards of not-for-profit.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / Alberta Human Rights Tribunal, canadian employment law, condominium corporations, disciplinary measure, employment law, executive director, harassment, HR committee, HR issues, HR Law, Human rights complaint, last-chance agreement, not-for-profit, one-day suspension, personnel issues, prohibited ground of gender, safety violation, termination, termination was excessive, terminations, volunteer boards

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