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Terminating a Disabled Employee Can Be a Costly Decision

Friday, July 16th, 2010
By: Cedric P. Lamarche

A recent decision from the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal serves as a reminder that employers should tread carefully when dealing with
employees suffering from disabilities.


Integrating People With Disabilities (PWD) Into the Workplace

White paper
Summary of Deloitte’s Dialogue on diversity roundtables
July 2010
 
Setting the stage
 
Making diversity a priority in Canadian organizations is imperative – not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it is critical to the future
success of our businesses and our economy.


The OHRC Introduces a New Resource for Human Rights and Mental Health

Posted to site July 5, 2010

The Ontario Human Rights Commission has serious concerns about the degree to which people with mental health disabilities experience discrimination in areas such as employment, housing, and services. Discriminating against someone because they have a mental health disability or addiction is a violation of Ontario’s Human Rights Code.


Accept No Substitutes!

By Geof Collis
Bad Eyes Design & Consulting
July 3, 2010

For the longest time I’ve was advocating against the Portable Document Format (PDF), none of them were accessible to my screen reader so I”Settled” for plain text, to me it was the lesser of evils. At no time did I ever care for the Microsoft Word format, next to an inaccessible PDF it was just as bad.