by Trish Robichaud | Oct 17, 2012 | Accommodations, Employment, Media Coverage, Physical Barriers
Employers must accommodate employees with disabilities to the point of undue hardship under the Ontario Human Rights Code. The accommodation of scent sensitivities arose in a recent decision of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (the “Tribunal”). It raises questions as...
by Trish Robichaud | Aug 15, 2012 | Accommodations, All, Employment, Human Rights Cases
When Teresa Hollingsworth, co-ordinator of community and corporate services at the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority in London, Ont., learned that a colleague had been diagnosed with cancer, she and her co-workers found numerous ways to show their support....
by Trish Robichaud | Jun 8, 2012 | Accommodations, All, Business Case for Accessibility, Disability Statistics, Employment
Thousands of dollars have been spent preparing students with disabilities to take roles as machinists, social workers, computer analysts and nurses in our society, but statistics show that educational success is not necessarily meeting with workplace success. by Joe...
by Trish Robichaud | Jun 4, 2012 | Accommodations, All, Commentary, Employment
In today’s business environment, addiction has become a bottom line issue. Productivity losses alone costs Canadian employers about $24.3 billion a year, while 11% of Canada’s workforce brings their addiction to work everyday. It’s a hidden and...
by Trish Robichaud | Feb 1, 2012 | Accommodations, All, Hearing Disabilities, Media Coverage
By Jerome Lessard, The Intelligencer Jeffrey Stringer has won the first round of a five-year discrimination battle with the Department of National Defence. But the hearing-impaired former drafting technician at 8 Wing/CFB Trenton said he is not done fighting....
by Trish Robichaud | Jan 24, 2012 | Accommodations, Employment, Human Rights Cases, Media Coverage
Noble motives may elicit a heavenly reward. But they never spare employers from the wrath of human rights commissions. When Holly Graham, a mobile patrol security officer with Ottawa-based Response Security & Investigations, unexpectedly became pregnant, she...
