Does an employer have a duty to accommodate?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pourasadi v. Bentley Leathers Inc., 2015 HRTO 138 (CanLII):
The respondent seeks to rely upon case law that has held that the duty to accommodate does not require an employer to fundamentally change the working conditions of employees, assign the essential duties of an employee with a disability to other employees or change the essential duties and requirements of a position: Yeats v. Commissionaires Great Lakes, 2010 HRTO 906 [“Yeats”]; Perron v. Revera Long Term Care Inc., 2014 HRTO 766 [“Perron”].
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