Accessible Employment Standard
Overview
Legal/Policy Framework
Draft Standard
AMCTO's Submission on the Draft Accessible Employment Standard
Resources
Overview
The Ontario Government is issuing five sets of standards under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) to achieve the vision of a barrier-free Ontario by 2025. To date only, the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service has come into force.
The final proposed Accessible Employment Standard has now been submitted to the Minister of Community and Social Services for consideration as law.
From the Ontario government's Backgrounder, "Ontario's Accessibility Plan" released on May 21, 2010, "In response to public feedback from the standards review process, Ontario will integrate these next three standards into one streamlined regulation."
The harmonized standard is expected to be released for public review this fall or winter.
Final Accessibility Standards for Employment have not yet been brought forward in a regulation. The standard is expected in 2010. A draft of the standard is found below.
Draft Standard
AMCTO's Submission on the Draft Accessible Employment Standard
Resources
- OPS Multi-Year Accessibility Plan (2008-2013) - Employment / Human Resources
- Myths and Realities About Employing People with Disabilities
- Working with Hearing Loss, A Guide for Employers, Employees and Entrepreneurs
- Guide to Hiring, Training and Retaining People with Disabilities
- Breaking the Sound Barriers - A Guide for Employers, Canadian Hearing Society
- Ontario Human Rights Commission Submission on Accessible Employment Standard
- Hiring People with Mental Health Disabilities
- Barrier-Free Employers - Practical Guide for Employment Accommodation for People with Disabilities, Disabled Women's Network Ontario
- Making Your Workplace Accessible, Ministry of Community and Social Services, AccessON
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