Know Your Rights: The Duty to Accommodate – What Workers Need to Know
Understanding the Duty to Accommodate is essential if you have a health condition or disability affecting your ability to work. This duty requires employers to provide reasonable adjustments. These accommodations help employees perform their jobs without discrimination or barriers. Our new guide, The Duty to Accommodate: Key Takeaways, explains your rights, what accommodations involve, and how this duty supports you in the workplace.
What This Guide Covers:
This easy-to-understand resource breaks down key information, including:
- What “Duty to Accommodate” Means: Learn about Canadian human rights laws. These laws protect your right to equal treatment at work. They also explain the employer’s legal obligation to accommodate you, unless it causes undue hardship.
- Who Does What: Understand the roles of employees, employers, healthcare providers, and unions. Cooperation between all parties ensures reasonable adjustments meet your needs.
- Helpful Resources: Access links to authoritative sources, such as the Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Canadian Human Rights Act. These offer further guidance on your rights.
Why This Matters:
If a health condition or disability affects your work, knowing about the Duty to Accommodate empowers you to ask for support. This guide will help you:
Understand your rights under the Duty to Accommodate.
Communicate your functional limitations clearly while protecting your medical privacy.
Identify resources and supports available for workplace accommodation.
- View the full guide here:
Download The Duty to Accommodate: Key Takeaways PDF
A French version will be available soon. - Related Resource:
Explore Canadian Laws Surrounding Disability Accommodations — a clear summary of your legal protections as a worker with a disability.
A French version is coming soon.
