Ontarians With Disabilities Act: Compliance Report

compliance report: AODA stands for the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Many business owners are unaware of the law that requires the filing of a compliance report. They are also unaware of the onerous penalty for non-compliance, according to The Star. The government has provided fairly user friendly tools to assist employers fulfill their obligations under the act MacLeod says. There is a detailed package that provides directions on compliance reporting. MacLeod suggests not waiting until you receive a letter from the government to develop an accessibility policy and file the compliance report. It appears that employers are being given very short deadlines for compliance. It is prudent to file the report now, even though the deadline has passed and The AODAs deadline for providers of goods and services with 20 or more employees to file a Customer Service Accessibility Compliance Report was December 31, 2012. Employment lawyer Doug MacLeod tells the story of a client of his that received a non-compliance letter from the Ontario government. Her organization was given 15 business days to comply with AODA. Thereafter, the organization would be subject to a fine of $50,000 for each day the organization did not comply with AODA. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.