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By Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law | 4 Minutes Read April 16, 2013

Employer failed in duty to accommodate by not considering employment beyond pre-injury position

In the recent decision Fair and Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal provides a useful guide for employers to follow in determining how to return an employee to the workplace after an extended absence.

Article by Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll / breach of the Code, comparable job, damages for injury to dignity, depression, duty to accommodate, employee was to be reinstated into a suitable position, employee’s need for accommodation, employment law, extended absence, feelings, Human rights complaint, leave of absence, long-term disability benefits, lost wages, LTD, medical evidence, medical information, not open to accommodating the Applicant, occupational health and safety act, Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan, OSHA, personal liability, post-traumatic stress disorder, pre-injury position, reinstatement, return an employee to the workplace after an extended absence, Return to work, school board, self-respect, total wage loss

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read February 6, 2012

Labelling tool helps organizations comply with WHMIS, OSHA, GHS

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety has released an online tool to help organizations that handle chemicals comply with requirements under Canada's WHMIS, the United States' OSHA standard and the new Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. If you're keeping an eye on the GHS implementation, this might interest you...

Article by Adam Gorley / Health and Safety / Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, CANLabel, CCOHS, chemicals, Chemicals in the workplace, employment law, GHS, Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, Hazardous Materials, labelling, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OELs, OSHA, risk assessment, safety data sheets, WHMIS, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, workplace hazards

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