Tribunal fines Employers for Contraventions of the AODA

HR Blog by Stringer LLP, September 30, 2014
This summer, the License Appeal Tribunal, which has jurisdiction over the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (the AODA), released its first decisions pertaining to AODA compliance. When the first compliance deadlines under the AODA rolled around there did not seem to be much enforcement activity. Over the past two years, however, the government has increased enforcement measures. Employers should be aware of their AODA obligations and upcoming deadlines to avoid noncompliance penalties.