by Trish Robichaud | May 23, 2014 | All, Employment, Funding Announcements
YELLOWKNIFE: Canadians with disabilities in the Northwest Territories will be better equipped with the skills and experience they need to get jobs through a new federal-territorial agreement announced today by the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and...
by Trish Robichaud | May 1, 2014 | All, Disability Statistics, Employment
Postal worker Michele McSweeney doesn’t know what she thinks was worse — her treatment by Canada Post and workers’ compensation officials in 2005 when she was injured on the job in a hit-and-run truck accident, or her doctor’s missed diagnosis of her crushed wrist....
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 25, 2014 | All, Employment, Mental Health Disabilities
This month media campaigns are encouraging people to talk about mental illness. This raises the question about whether employees should talk to their employer about mental illness or remain silent for fear of losing their jobs. According to the Ontario Human Rights...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 21, 2014 | Accommodations, All, Employment
TORONTO – John Huynh doesn’t mind being the poster boy for disabled people fighting discrimination in the workplace — if it helps eliminate the problem. The 35-year-old marketing analyst has neurofibromatosis type 1, which causes him to walk with a limp, changes...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 4, 2014 | Accommodations, Employment, Legislation
About 70 per cent of Ontario businesses with 20 or more employees are ignoring provincial accessibility laws, government documents show. Queen’s Park is ignoring thousands of Ontario businesses that are flouting the province’s disability accessibility legislation,...
by Trish Robichaud | Apr 3, 2014 | All, Employment, Human Rights Cases
DALLAS: Wal-Mart Stores of Texas, LLC discriminated against a store manager by subjecting him to harassment, unequal treatment and discharge because of his age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed in federal court. The...
