Employee Rights

CLEO is a community legal clinic that specializes in public legal education. Most of its publications are written for people with low incomes, and other disadvantaged groups, including immigrants and refugees, seniors, women and injured workers. Community legal clinics, agencies and organizations also use its publications to help clients with legal problems. Topics include social assistance, landlord and tenant law, refugee and immigration law, workers' rights, family law, elder abuse, consumer rights, women's issues and laws affecting young people. Most publications are available in French, and some are available in other languages. Many publications are free, and there is no charge for delivery. 

This guide was created by The Canadian Human Rights Commission to encourage all employers to develop, in consultation with their employees, their own workplace accommodation policies and procedures. It also assists employers in understanding their legal obligations regarding the duty to accommodate, and in creating workplace accommodation policies and procedures.

The Ontario Disability Employment Network (OEDN) resource is prepared by the professional body of employment service providers, with the goal to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities. It contains a library of documents and other resources on employment accessibility and inclusion issues.

This web page provides information about employees with disabilities in a "truth-or-myth" format.

This website provides information on training and specialized consulting services that help organizations to implement workplace requirements outlined in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). The contents of the Act are explained in a question and answer format. The site list links to the Canadian and US accessibility legislation and to other related resource.

This website provides information for persons with disabilities about the labour market, and assists them in obtaining the skills necessary to set them solidly on a course towards employment. It also contains information for employers, who are interested in hiring a person with a disability, including services for evaluating employee’s skill sets, as well as their educational background and experience.

The Episodic Disability Employment Network is a place where people in Canada living with episodic disabilities, including HIV, can connect with each other to find and generate answers to tough employment questions.

This resource provides readers with an outline of the employment standards that the Ministry of Labour maintains and enforces. Included is detailed information about your rights and responsibilities under the Employment Standards Act, as well as what to do if you need to file a claim against your employer.