Wellness: Does the Law Society Tribunal have a duty to accommodate? | Darryl Singer

By Darryl Singer ( June 15, 2017, 8:43 AM EDT) -- Those who practise in the areas of human rights law and employment law are familiar with the concept of “duty to accommodate.” At the intersection of employment legislation and the Ontario Human Rights Code, employers have long been held to have a duty to accommodate an employee with disability. Addiction and mental health issues are deemed disabilities....