Employers must comply with both human rights and workers’ compensation legislation, but keeping it simple will make accommodation that much easier
Accommodation is a duty all employers must live up to, whether it’s in regards to employee disabilities, religion, family status or other grounds protected under human rights legislation. When it comes to disabilities in particular, it can be somewhat vexing for employers as they try to determine how an employee whose abilities may be limited fits into the workplace. But unless the accommodation requires the employer to go to lengths that would constitute undue hardship, it’s something that has to be done.
