Mark Your Calendar: AODA Compliance Report Deadline Approaching On December 31, 2023

There are important legislative compliance deadlines that Ontario employers should be preparing towards.

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 ("AODA") establishes accessibility standards in the province and imposes accessibility deadlines based on the size and nature of organizations through its Integrated Accessibility Standards. Under the AODA, all businesses operating within Ontario with 20 or more employees must file an Accessibility Compliance Reporting Form("Compliance Report")every three years. The next Compliance Report is due December 31, 2023. (*Employers with less than 20 employees still have AODA obligations. Filing a report simply isn't among them.) We recommend employers download the Compliance Report – available here – to assess if their organization has any compliance gaps. Most gaps can be resolved with thoughtful planning over the coming months, but the time to take the initiative is now.