Sentences with phrase «accommodate her disability by»

In Baber v. York Region District School Board, 2011 HRTO 213, the applicant Rozana Baber claimed that the York Region District School Board failed to accommodate her disability by not granting her a teaching assignment as a teacher / librarian and by refusing to exempt her from a Teacher Performance Appraisal («TPA»).

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How the Liberals are navigating the two sides in the debate is laid out in more than 150 pages of documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the access to information law that outline how the issue is complicated by existing human rights decisions, the requirement to accommodate workers whose addictions constitute a disability, workers» privacy rights and actually proving impairment, particularly from cannabis.

A former aide to a California legislator sued the state Senate on Thursday, alleging it failed to accommodate her emotional disabilities following what she said was a sexual assault by an Assembly staff member, and instead wrongly fired her for «pre-textual minor» work performance issues.

We will take the following steps to notify the public and staff that, when requested, we will accommodate people with disabilities during the recruitment process, by January 1, 2016:

A nonprofit disability rights organization filed a class - action lawsuit against Uber, claiming the ride - hailing service discriminates against New York City riders with disabilities by not providing enough access to vehicles that can accommodate wheelchairs.

Although awareness of dyslexia is steadily growing due to campaigns by grassroots movements like Decoding Dyslexia and national organizations like the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) and the National Center on Learning Disabilities (NCLD), many educators are still unfamiliar with what dyslexia is and how to accommodate it in the classroom.

In many cases, public schools simply do not have the facilities or staff to accommodate students with certain disabilities, and those students are sent by the public schools to specialized private schools.

42 USC 4151, Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 This act provides that all federal agencies must accommodate individuals with disabilities by providing accessibility measures.

Alongside writings on the burgeoning discipline of disability studies — which addresses the needs of marginalized groups and the extent to which society can accommodate them — this well - illustrated publication presents work by over 80 artists, including Marc Quinn, Marlene Dumas, the Chapman Brothers, Viktor & Rolf, Louise Bourgeois and Aernout Mik.

You can receive Temporary Total Disability (where doctor takes you out of work completely) or Temporary Partial Disability (where the doctor gives you work restrictions that can not be accommodated by your employer, so you can not go back to work) payments or a combination of the two benefits during the continuance of your disability for no more than a maximum of Disability (where doctor takes you out of work completely) or Temporary Partial Disability (where the doctor gives you work restrictions that can not be accommodated by your employer, so you can not go back to work) payments or a combination of the two benefits during the continuance of your disability for no more than a maximum of Disability (where the doctor gives you work restrictions that can not be accommodated by your employer, so you can not go back to work) payments or a combination of the two benefits during the continuance of your disability for no more than a maximum of disability for no more than a maximum of 104 weeks.

5 and 9 of the Code, by failing to accommodate the applicant's disability - related needs from April 2003 and then by terminating her employment on July 9, 2004.

The LCO Disabilities Report identifies the following barriers experienced by persons with disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services aDisabilities Report identifies the following barriers experienced by persons with disabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities because of the attitudes of those that implement the law, at 42 — 43: (1) heavy judgment and negative assumptions experienced by persons with mental health disabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, particularly the homeless; (2) lack of support systems, stigma and fear experienced by persons with mental disabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, which may also lead to increased contact with police and contribute to their criminalization; (3) reluctance to acknowledge the validity of (and therefore to accommodate) persons with disabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities, particularly those with learning, environmental, and chronic fatigue disabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities; and (4) suspicion and contempt towards persons with disabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services adisabilities seeking services and supports, which may lead to persons within the legal system interpreting and applying laws in ways that frustrate or deny people's rights to those services and supports.

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the «Tribunal») found that the School Board discriminated against Ms. Fair on the basis of disability by failing to accommodate her starting in April 2003.

He filed a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, alleging that UBC discriminated against him on the basis of physical and mental disability by failing to accommodate him and terminating his employment.

CCD asks this Court not to adopt legal reasoning that in effect replicates the historical marginalization of people with disabilities, by artificially confining the discrimination analysis, and the extent of the specific accommodating measures that can be requested to accommodating measures that are already provided to others.

The reasoning of the lower courts, if accepted by this Court, threatens to make the duty to accommodate meaningless, thereby profoundly eroding the human rights of persons with disabilities in a wide variety of settings.

Even where a causal connection between a proven disadvantage and a proven disability has been established, the employer may still avoid liability under the Code by showing that the rule or requirement giving rise to the disadvantage is reasonable and bona fide and that the individual's disability - related needs could not be accommodated without undue hardship.

Further, the Tribunal found that even if it accepted that the applicant was adversely affected by her disability, the School Board had fulfilled its duty to accommodate by requesting medical documentation that clarified her disability - related restrictions.

We often remind our clients not to rush to the conclusion that they must accommodate every disability presented by an employee.

Where any disadvantage experienced by the employee is not demonstrably caused by his or her disability, no «discrimination» exists and no duty to accommodate arises.

Section 2 of the CHRA provides that the purpose of the CHRA is to «extend the laws in Canada to give effect... to the principle that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated, consistent with their duties and obligations as members of society, without being hindered in or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered.»

For example, an employer may have a duty to accommodate an employee with a disability by allowing the employee to come in later or to adjust the work schedule to attend medical appointments.

The Applicant was employed by the Board from 1988 until 2004 when her employment was terminated because the school board did not have a position in which the Applicant could be accommodated as a result of her disability.

The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal agreeing that the employer had discriminated against the Claimant by imposing the PCP requiring him to work late and not adjusting it to accommodate his disability.

(6) When a person who is authorized by a board or by the Commissioner as described in subsection (1) exercises powers under this section with respect to other persons, he or she shall ensure that those persons are accommodated in accordance with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Human Rights Code, and this includes accommodation in connection with creed or disability.

The question to be decided was whether the administrative decision of the CLP was consistent with the duty to accommodate a disability under the Charter and subject to the reasonableness standard: did the CLP's decision balance the right protected by the Charter and the objectives sought under the AIAOD?

The union argued that Caron's injury amounted to a disability protected from discrimination under section 10 of the Charter and the employer failed in its duty to accommodate Caron to the point of undue hardship by not enabling his return to work in a suitable position.

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Google Maps now accommodates people with disabilities by adding the ability to see which routes are wheelchair accessible.

It's true that if turns out that it's caused by a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act, they'd likely need to accommodate the problem... but it's not true that they can't even ask your coworker about it.

They explore values such as respect (for example, by considering the extent to which intention and action should respect the truth), and the peaceful resolution of conflict (for example, the importance of considering everyone's motives and interests), and the importance of inclusion and non-discrimination (for example, learning ways to modify an activity so that everyone can participate equally to accommodate differences such as a disability, shyness or a language barrier).

Located in the City of Ottawa; Modest unit relative to community norms in terms of floor space and amenities; Rent affordability based on the Average Market Rent (AMR) for Ottawa as established by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation's Rental Market Report (link is external)(also see table below); Not at the same municipal address as the landlord's residence; A building or unit that require essential repairs and / or energy efficiency upgrades; A single unit or multi-unit building that requires modifications to increase accessibility and accommodate tenants who are seniors and / or persons with disability;