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Its 2016. Do you know the status of your AODA, AMDA & Accessible BC 2024 compliance programs? Dec 30, 2015 Its soon to be 2016! Remember when we were celebrating the year 2000? Much has happened in the area of making provinces accessible for all business, retail, homes/condos mostly in Ontario and now in Manitoba […]

As 2016 nears employers in Ontario will once again have to get moving with a new set of legal obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (called the AODA). We remain surprised in our consulting practice how this significant and far reaching employment law has kept so low a profile for many employers (despite being 10 year old employment law […]

A sit to stand workstation is not recommended as Mr. T spends time away from his desk visiting various bank branches; ie .sitting does not exceed 34-66 daily; Mr T does not have neurological symptoms which are bona fide medical reasons for sit to stand; and the use of static standing postures which occurs with […]

This is what happens if your company does not have a formal Ergonomic Program in Place? Other external parties and your employees run the program for you. The ergonomic team at Optimal Performance Consultants Inc. Call us for an initial consultation and presentation about the mandatory ergonomic standards in BC and Ontario & how to […]

It is time for employers, purchasing managers, facility managers and HR managers to take a step back as the tsunami of demands for Sit to Stand Workstations continues to move forward. A question to ponder apart from the evidence OPC Inc. has written about in previous posts is: why do our consultants find over 95% of […]

In OPC Inc’s Ergonomic, Human Factors and Accessible Design practice we find that many clients and even the general public are not aware of how these three areas of expertise are interrelated and necessary to have in place for the design of the workplace, buildings and websites to name a few. While ergonomics takes care […]

While becoming rare, some places in Japan still have wheelchair accessible escalators. Three of the steps stay together and form a platform. They aren’t the … Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.youtube.com See on Scoop.it – Accessible Travel

A tour inside Steelcase’s newly opened 11,000 square feet showroom in Downtown Los Angeles, offering the latest in office solutions and technologies. Sourced through Scoop.it from: design-milk.com At Optimal Performance Consultants we work with many design firms and furniture co’s. Thus far Steelcase has the best ergonomic/human factors solutions which impact Wellbeing. Very functional looking […]

As boomers reach retirement age, the tourism industry will need to adapt to meet their needs, according to a leading figure in accessible travel. Kahla Preston reports. Baby boomers are set to have… Sourced through Scoop.it from: babyzoomers.wordpress.com Amazing how hotels, restaurants and tourism in Canada has not figured out just how much discretionary money […]

You can check out the website here: http://t.co/RUNodSwK5J – and if you drive an accessible taxi, van or bus, you can register on the site! Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.goaccessible365.com This is a great site! Too bad Toronto Canada is not using this for the Para Pan Athletes about to come here in August!  When […]

Imagine a city that could physically adapt to the individual needs of the people on the street. Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.cbc.ca These design changes benefit everyone – not disabled people – it helps those of us who are distracted and walking; younger and older users of public space. Great article. OPC Inc. See on […]

Question; How much time and cost is associated with responding to Fed Government RFP’s? …..My time as owner of OPC at $$$ per hour which should be devoted to client management and revenue generating activities not on long and convoluted RFP’s which we are NEVER successful at landing with the Fed Government or any of its agencies. […]

Which monitor should I buy – Bigger is better, right? – CNIB Blog.

Improving Disability Management: Understanding the True Determinants of Work Disability to Create Healthy, Productive Workplaces By Douglas J. Kube, CHSC, EP, OHS-A, Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology and Sofina Foods Inc. Employers are striving to create healthy, productive workplaces where workers are accommodated after injury or illness as well as contain rising disability […]