Accommodation - Articles & Videos
What are an employee’s responsibilities under the duty to accommodate?
Whether you’re an employee or an employer, you’ve probably encountered an accommodation situation. Perhaps as an employee, you need some form of accommodation but are unsure as to how to proceed. In this video, Nadia outlines the concept of “duty to accommodate” and talks about an employee’s responsibilities under this duty.
Pet-Friendly Offices: What Employers Need to Know
While there are many benefits to allowing employees to bring their pets to work, there are also many issues that employers need to watch out for.
Accommodation: What You Should Know in Less Than Two Minutes
Whether you are an employee or an employer, you have probably encountered an accommodation situation. Here’s what you need to know.
Childcare Obligations: How Much Has to Be Accommodated?
What are the legal obligations of the employee and those of the employer when it comes to accommodation and childcare?
Can I Change My Work Schedule to Care for My Kids?
What happens when you ask your employer for some flexibility in your work schedule because of your obligations to your children?
Rudner Law Video Update: Hiring People with Disabilities
Stuart uses a hockey story as the basis for his comments in this video update about hiring people with disabilities.
Mental Health Week – Mental Health and the Workplace
As employment lawyers, we see every day the impact that mental health has on the Canadian workplace.
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal: Remedies and Increasing Damages
Passmore and Illumiti Inc., which was released in November of last year, and is helpful for both employers and employees as it reviews the types of remedies that may be available through the tribunal, as well as how damages are assessed.
Accommodation for the Use of Cannabis in the Workplace for Medicinal Purposes
Employers don’t have to condone recreational cannabis usage at work, and they can put policies in place to prevent employees from working while high. But, for employees who use cannabis for medicinal purposes, because of a disability, or because of addiction, which also classifies as a disability, employers do have to accommodate to the point of unreasonable hardship.
Personal Emergency Leave in Ontario
Prior to January 1st, 2018, employers with 50 or more employees were obligated to provide employees with ten unpaid “Personal Emergency” days. Bill 148 eliminated the 50 employee threshold, and introduced a new requirement that the first two days of the ten-day entitlement be paid.
