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“How can we help?” Considering accommodation for persons with disabilities in workplace investigations

In my previous blog post, You Ought to Know? Rethinking the ‘Reasonable Person’ Standard When Disability Is a Factor, I shared my experiences applying the reasonable person standard in investigations where the respondents identified as having cognitive, intellectual, or psychological disabilities that may have affected their ability to understand that their behaviour may be unwelcome.

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You Ought to Know? Rethinking the ‘Reasonable Person’ Standard When Disability Is a Factor

Under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code, harassment is defined as engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome.

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