Accessible workplaces

Ontario’s Accessible Employment Standard requires you to make your employment practices accessible to meet the needs of employees and job applicants with disabilities. Learn how to meet the standard.

Businesses and non-profits with:
1-49 employees must complete 4 requirements by January 1, 2017
50+ employees must have completed 6 requirements by January 1, 2016

Talent and performance management

If you have performance management or career development processes, you must consider the needs of an employee with disabilities when you:

• hold formal or informal performance reviews
• promote or move them to a new job

Examples include:

• making documents available in accessible formats (e.g., large print for people with low vision)
• providing feedback and coaching in a way that is accessible to them (e.g., allowing someone with a learning disability to record the conversation)
• providing the accommodations they need to successfully learn new skills or take on more responsibilities

If you do not have a formal or informal performance management program, you do not have to create one.

What are some policies in your organization that complies with the AODA?

If you are interested in learning more about Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) or how to make accessibility a natural part of your business through the application of Corporate Social Responsibility, please contact Sandra Broekhof @ 416-579-1035 orsandra_broekhof@sympatico.ca