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By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read July 26, 2016

What injured workers need to know about WSIB

If you sustained a workplace injury and are in receipt of Workplace Safety and Insurance Board benefits for the first time, there are essential pieces of information that you should be familiar with...

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Payroll / accommodation of injured worker, employment law, healthcare treatment, injured workers, loss of earnings benefits, return-to-work plans, Work Transition program, Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, wsib

By Cristina Lavecchia | < 1 Minutes Read July 21, 2016

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with: A case where an employee was denied entitlement to ongoing WSIB benefits because of a pre-existing back condition; an income tax folio on benefits and allowances received, published by the CRA; a case that deals with an employer's ability to randomly test for drugs and alcohol.

Article by Cristina Lavecchia / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / drugs and alcohol testing, employee's right to privacy, employment benefits and allowances, employment law, Irving test, loss of earnings benefits, pre-existing condition, risks of injury in the workplace, safety issues in the workplace, tax treatment of benefits and allowances, work accident, Work Transition program, Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, WSIB benefits

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 3 Minutes Read March 3, 2015

Sorry but I can’t help you with your purchase, I’m being accommodated by my employer

duty-to-accommodate2It is part and parcel of a retail employee’s job to interact with customers and assist them in making purchases. However, if an employee with a disability/injury has trouble in performing this essential duty, how far must the employer go in accommodating that employee?

A recent Human Rights Tribunal decision dealt with an interesting accommodation request by an employee with a wrist injury. That employee requested that she should be allowed to tell customers (when working alone) that they had to return to the store at a later date so they could be assisted by another employee who did not have her physical restrictions. Thankfully, the Tribunal found in favour of the employer. It was an essential duty of the position to be able to assist customers and telling customers that they had to go away and come back later was unreasonable in the circumstances.

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Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / customer service, duty to accommodate, employment law, essential duty of the job, human rights code, human rights tribunal, individualized assessment, onerous obligation on employers, physical restrictions, retail employee, retailers, the employee not performing the essential duties of the position, Work Transition program, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

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