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Duty to Accommodate
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Religious Accommodations Policy
Under OHS laws, employers must ensure that workers use necessary PPE. Under human rights laws, employers must accommodate workers’ religious beliefs to the point of undue hardship. These obligations may come into conflict when a worker objects to using PPE on religious grounds, for example, when a worker of the Sikh religion is required to wear a hardhat. What’s needed is a policy, procedure and set of principles for making reasonable accommodations. Here’s a template you can adapt.
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What Leeway Do You Have Under OHS Laws to Implement Alternative Safety Measures’
There may come a time when the required procedures, materials, equipment and other safeguards simply don’t work nearly as well for your particular company or situation as alternatives not listed in the OHS regulations. It’s frustrating to think that you can’t take advantage of these alternatives. Or can you’ In fact, the OHS regulations do leave some leeway for alternatives. But there are 2 big conditions.
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In this report we have outlined 10 situations related to an employers’ duty to accommodate along with a question for each scenario to test your knowledge. You will also find a reasoning behind each answer and an explanation as to why it is correct and not the other answers.
1) Must Employer Accommodate Part-Time Caretaker Who Can’t Perform that Job Anymore’
2) Did PPE Policy Discriminate Against Electrician with Foot Disability’
3) Was Firing Worker with Scent Sensitivity Justified or Discriminatory’
4) Is It Discriminatory to Reduce Pay for Accommodated Worker’
5) Can Employer Fire Addicted Worker for Violating Last Chance Agreement’
6) Was Depressed Worker’s Termination Discriminatory’
7) Is Discussing Worker’s Medical Absence in Front of Co-Workers Harassment’
8) Can Employer Fire Addict for Excessive Absenteeism & On-Duty Impairment’
9) Can Employer Require Injured, Obese Worker to Lose Weight’
10) Can Employer Fire Worker for Drunk Driving Accident in Company Car’
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