Mental Health | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca Employment & Labour Lawyers Mon, 27 Mar 2023 21:11:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-MacLeod-Law-Firm-icon-60x60.jpg Mental Health | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca 32 32 When can your Employer ask you for an Independent Medical Exam? https://macleodlawfirm.ca/ime/ Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:01:55 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employees/?p=2745 Employees often work with disabilities. The health issues they experience do not seriously affect their ability to complete their job duties. But sometimes, illness or injury becomes too much and an employee requires time away from work. This can be a difficult period. Most people do not like being off work and want to get back as soon as they are well. They see their doctor and listen to their…

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]]> Discriminating against Disabled Employees: New OHRC Policy https://macleodlawfirm.ca/discriminating-against-disabled-employees/ Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:21:03 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=2170 Discriminating against Disabled Employees: Ontario Human Rights Commission Issues a New Policy Mental disabilities: The Facts Research estimates that almost one in five Canadian adults will experience a mental illness or addiction. In the last version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – The Fifth Edition (or DSM-5)the number of recognized mental disabilities increased.

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