What is the duty of an employer to accommodate an employee?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Sebastian v. Vancouver Coastal Health and others (No. 3), 2017 BCHRT 1 (CanLII):
VCH relies on Sluzar v. Burnaby (City), 2010 BCHRT 19, and stresses that the duty to accommodate does not require an employer to provide an employee with what the employee deems to be the perfect solution for him or her. Accommodations are not always perfect.
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