Air Canada Lays Off Blind Longtime Employee, Saying It Can’t Accommodate Him Amid Pandemic – Accessibility News, your Online Magazine Devoted to Disability Accessibility.

July 24, 2020 / by BBG Security / All, International

In 2016, Sean Fitzgibbon starred in an Air Canada promotional video about inclusion. It showed him on the job, working as a stock-keeper. He was also given the company’s award of excellence for his service. So it came as a shock when he got a letter saying the airline could no longer accommodate his medical […]

Air Canada Lays Off Blind Longtime Employee, Saying It Can’t Accommodate Him Amid Pandemic – Accessibility News International

July 24, 2020 / by BBG Security / Employment

By Christine Long and Selena RossCTV News, July 21st 2020 In 2016, Sean Fitzgibbon starred in an Air Canada promotional video about inclusion. It showed him on the job, working as a stock-keeper. He was also given the company’s award of excellence for his service. So it came as a shock when he got a […]

New Brunswick releases guidelines to help employers accommodate staff with addictions

December 23, 2018 / by BBG Security / Alcohol addiction, Cannabis, Drug, Drug Addiction, Guideline, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Human Rights, New Brunswick Politics, News, Politics, Workplace Addiction

[ad_1] The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission has released new guidelines to help employers meet their legal obligations to accommodate staff struggling with addiction. The province says the new guidelines on cannabis, alcohol and drug addictions are based on both case law and New Brunswick’s Human Rights Act. READ MORE: A look at the addiction and […]