by Trish Robichaud | Jan 20, 2012 | Accommodations, All, Resources/Tools, Websites
Job Accommodation Network’s (JAN) Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR) system is designed to let users explore various accommodation options for people with disabilities in work and educational settings. These accommodation ideas are not all...
by Trish Robichaud | Jan 18, 2012 | Accommodations, All, Media Coverage, Physical Disabilities
By Darah Hansen, Postmedia News; Vancouver Sun Ken Hall had only been working at the Bank of Montreal a few days when he found himself face-to-face with a particularly tactless customer. “Oh, wow. They’re hiring people like you here?” a woman asked...
by Trish Robichaud | Dec 11, 2011 | Accommodations, Employment, Media Coverage
A City of Hamilton employee who was fired for crashing his work vehicle while driving drunk the wrong way on a highway is getting his job back. John Fougere, a 22-year employee of the city, was fired in May 2010 after he caused $9,000 worth of damage to a city-owned...
by Trish Robichaud | Nov 11, 2011 | Accommodations, All, Chronic Illness, Employment, Resources/Tools, Websites
In this section of Health Gateway’s website, health care and rehabilitation professionals, human resource professionals, employers, researchers and policy makers have access to different sources and formats of cross-disability and cross-disease information on...
by Trish Robichaud | Oct 17, 2011 | Accommodations, All, Employment, Resources/Tools
While the resource below was produced by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the content is directly relevant to compliance with the Employment Standard under the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation… The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)...
