Employment Working Group
Lead: Heather Shields, Associate Director and Counsel, Employee & Labour Relations, Human Resources
Coordinator: Heidi Penning, Equity Advisor, Equity Office
Secretary: Meri Diamond, Administrative Assistant, Equity Office
Members:
- Karina McInnis, Executive Director, Office of Research Services
- Sydney Downey, Return to Work Specialist, Human Resources
- Dan Langham, Director, Environmental Health & Safety
- Leah Wales, Manager, Client Services Team
Develop a return to work process for employees who have been absent from work due to a disability and require accommodations in order to return to work (s. 29)
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Provide individualized workplace emergency response information to employees who have a disability (s. 27) |
01-Jan12 |
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Provide emergency procedures, plans, or public safety information in an accessible format or with appropriate communication supports, upon request (s. 13) |
01-Jan-12 |
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Notify employees and public about availability of accommodation for applicants in recruitment processes (s. 22) |
01-Jan-14 |
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Notify job applicants, when they are selected to participate in an assessment or selection process that accommodations are available (s. 23) |
01-Jan-14 |
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When making offers of employment, notify successful applicant of its policies for accommodating employees (s. 24) |
01-Jan-14 |
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Inform employees of policies used to support employees with disabilities (s. 25) |
01-Jan-14 |
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Provide for accessible formats and communication supports for information that is needed to perform the employee’s job and information that is generally available to all employees (s. 26) |
01-Jan-14 |
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Develop a written process for the development of documented individual accommodation plans for employees with disabilities (s. 28) |
01-Jan-14 |
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Take into account accessibility needs of employees as well as any individual accommodation plans when using performance management processes (s. 30) |
01-Jan-14 |
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Take into account accessibility needs of employees as well as any individual accommodation plans when providing career development and advancement (s. 31) |
01-Jan-14 |
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Take into account accessibility needs of employees as well as any individual accommodation plans when redeploying employees (s. 32) |
01-Jan-14 |