AODA Compliance – Multi-Year Compliance Reports are due this year 2014

AODA Compliance – Compliance Reports are due this year 2014

By December 31, 2014, private sector employers with at least 50 employees in Ontario, must file a report with the Ministry of Community and Social Services to confirm they are compliant with the Integrated Accessibility Standard Regulation under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (“AODA”). This includes the Employment Standard and the Information & Communication Standard. 

Employers accross Ontario with at least 20 employees must already have filed the annual compliance reports under AODA’s Customer Service Standard Regulation.

If your company fails to report there will be fines and compliance orders similar to the Ministry of Labour’s system with OH&S. Even small employers must ensure compliance with applicable regulations or risk complaints, fines and compliance orders.

Optimal Performance has developed a suite of services, audits, and training to help your organization to quickly and effectively meet compliance obligations.

1. Our Policy team can help to develop policies that address your particular organization;
    
2. Our training team can provide in-house or remote e-learning or webinar training to your management team, to help understand the legislation, what is required of the organization and management’s role in development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures now required by law.
    
3. OPC provides in-house, e learning or webinar training to your employees and obligated third parties on both the CSS and the IASR’s new training requirement about the Human Rights Code for Ontario.
4. Built Environment Audits to determine levels of compliance and areas of improvement relative to the current Ontario Build Code 2013 updates. This can include pricing for upgrades to meet the ABES section of the OBC 2013.

Read more about recent updates to the CSS currently under public review and the compliance obligations under the IASR in our Blog.

Request a Project Management and our AODA Timeline Document on the various legal requirements under the IASR over the next 5 years.

Watch our recent You Tube presentation on the Integrated Accessibility Standard Regulation on www.optimalperformance.ca

To request a quote for any of the services from our Suite of Services please contact us AODA@optimalperformance.ca