Human Rights & Accommodation
Employers are often challenged by evolving Human Rights legislation, case law, and the duty to accommodate. We strive to continuously educate our employer clients by providing them with the tools they need to effectively and proactively manage these sensitive issues in the workplace. Our advice is practical and strategic. We help employers understand their obligations in terms of the legislative framework so they can handle human rights issues that arise in their workplaces in the best way possible.
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Accommodation
The accommodation process can be very tricky. As such, it is important that employers understand their obligations and manage the accommodation process accordingly. We guide our employer clients through this process every step of the way, ensuring that they meet their legal obligations while effectively managing the needs of their business. We also assist our clients when facing challenges associated with the accommodation of employees in the workplace. Our clients are provided with practical and cost effective solutions that are customized for their business and the particular employee situation to ensure compliance with the Ontario Human Rights Code while keeping the business on track. We also provide assistance in the development and implementation of customized policies and procedures surrounding accommodation along with designing interactive training modules with case scenarios and simulations to ensure that our clients and their staff understand their expectations in these situations.
Bullying & Harassment
In recent years there has been a rise in harassment and bullying in the workplace. Bullying can take the form of verbal, social or cyber bullying and can have significant implications for companies if it is not managed properly. Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, employers have a mandatory legal obligation to ensure a harassment and violence free workplace and to take all reasonable steps to ensure their workers are safe and their management staff is appropriately trained and competent to deal with these issues. We provide assistance in the development and implementation of customized policies and procedures surrounding bullying and harassment along with interactive training modules to ensure staff at all levels understand their expectations in these situations.
Discrimination
Under the Human Rights Code, every person has the right to equal treatment and no one should be subject to any discrimination whatsoever. The following grounds of discrimination are protected under the Human Rights Code: Race; Ancestry; Place of origin; Colour; Creed (religion); Ethnic origin; Citizenship; Age; Sex/gender; Sexual orientation; Marital status; Family status; Disability; or Receipt of Public Assistance. We work closely with our employer clients to ensure that they have the tools and knowledge about how to effectively prevent human rights issues in their workplace. Our advice and guidance includes policy and procedure development and ongoing coaching and training with user-friendly toolkits and our objective is to ensure that our clients have the confidence and peace of mind to deal with issues of discrimination should they arise.
