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regulation changes
accessibility compliance
All businesses and not-for-profits • make your emergency and public If your business or non-profit organization
in Ontario must comply with the safety information accessible upon has 50 or more employees, you must:
Accessibilities for Ontarians, keeping in mind request (e.g., evacuation plans or
the following criteria and timetable: brochures) • train your staff on Ontario’s
accessibility laws
The laws • provide customized emergency
If your business or non-profit information to your employees who • make your surveys, comment cards
have disabilities, upon request or other feedback processes (PDF)
organization has 1 or more employees, accessible upon request
it’s your responsibility to comply with Your first accessibility compliance report was
accessibility requirements. due by December 31, 2012. Future requirements
As of January 1, 2014 By January 1, 2016
If you have 20 or more employees, If your business or non-profit organization If your business or non-profit organization
you need to file an accessibility has 20 or more employees, you must file a has 20-49 employees:
compliance report. If you don’t comply, second accessibility compliance report by • train your staff on Ontario’s accessibility
you could face inspections and penalties. December 31, 2014.
If your business has 50 or more employees, laws
Businesses or non-profit you must: • make your feedback processes (e.g.,
organizations with 1-19 employees,
public sector organizations, private • have accessibility policies to help you surveys or comment cards) accessible
educational institutions and libraries achieve your accessibility goals, and tell upon request
may have to meet different or additional your employees and customers about
accessibility requirements. them If your business or non-profit
organization has 50 or more employees:
To learn what requirements • have a multi-year accessibility plan that
apply to you, visit: ontario.ca/ outlines what you will do to meet your • make your public information
accessibilitycompliance. It only accessibility requirements now, and in accessible upon request
takes a few minutes to get a list of the future, and put it on your website
accessibility standards that apply to your • make your employment practices
organization. • consider accessibility when purchasing more accessible such as how you hire,
or designing self-service kiosks retain and provide career development
Please note the following schedule to opportunities to all your employees
comply with the Accessibilities Act: • make sure any old websites you
Current requirements significantly update, new websites By January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2012 you must: and new web content you create are If your business or non-profit organization
accessible has 20-49 employees:
• provide accessible customer service,
including: training your staff to serve As of January 1, 2015 • make your public information
all customers who have disabilities; If your business or non-profit organization accessible upon request
welcoming service animals and support has 20-49 employees, you must:
persons; have an accessibility policy in • make your employment practices
place so employees and customers can • create accessibility policies to help you more accessible such as how you hire,
know what to expect achieve your accessibility goals, and tell retain and provide career development
your employees and customers about opportunities to all your employees
them
• file an accessibility compliance report
• consider accessibility when purchasing online by December 31, 2017
or designing self-service kiosks
If your business or non-profit organization
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accessibility compliance
All businesses and not-for-profits • make your emergency and public If your business or non-profit organization
in Ontario must comply with the safety information accessible upon has 50 or more employees, you must:
Accessibilities for Ontarians, keeping in mind request (e.g., evacuation plans or
the following criteria and timetable: brochures) • train your staff on Ontario’s
accessibility laws
The laws • provide customized emergency
If your business or non-profit information to your employees who • make your surveys, comment cards
have disabilities, upon request or other feedback processes (PDF)
organization has 1 or more employees, accessible upon request
it’s your responsibility to comply with Your first accessibility compliance report was
accessibility requirements. due by December 31, 2012. Future requirements
As of January 1, 2014 By January 1, 2016
If you have 20 or more employees, If your business or non-profit organization If your business or non-profit organization
you need to file an accessibility has 20 or more employees, you must file a has 20-49 employees:
compliance report. If you don’t comply, second accessibility compliance report by • train your staff on Ontario’s accessibility
you could face inspections and penalties. December 31, 2014.
If your business has 50 or more employees, laws
Businesses or non-profit you must: • make your feedback processes (e.g.,
organizations with 1-19 employees,
public sector organizations, private • have accessibility policies to help you surveys or comment cards) accessible
educational institutions and libraries achieve your accessibility goals, and tell upon request
may have to meet different or additional your employees and customers about
accessibility requirements. them If your business or non-profit
organization has 50 or more employees:
To learn what requirements • have a multi-year accessibility plan that
apply to you, visit: ontario.ca/ outlines what you will do to meet your • make your public information
accessibilitycompliance. It only accessibility requirements now, and in accessible upon request
takes a few minutes to get a list of the future, and put it on your website
accessibility standards that apply to your • make your employment practices
organization. • consider accessibility when purchasing more accessible such as how you hire,
or designing self-service kiosks retain and provide career development
Please note the following schedule to opportunities to all your employees
comply with the Accessibilities Act: • make sure any old websites you
Current requirements significantly update, new websites By January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2012 you must: and new web content you create are If your business or non-profit organization
accessible has 20-49 employees:
• provide accessible customer service,
including: training your staff to serve As of January 1, 2015 • make your public information
all customers who have disabilities; If your business or non-profit organization accessible upon request
welcoming service animals and support has 20-49 employees, you must:
persons; have an accessibility policy in • make your employment practices
place so employees and customers can • create accessibility policies to help you more accessible such as how you hire,
know what to expect achieve your accessibility goals, and tell retain and provide career development
your employees and customers about opportunities to all your employees
them
• file an accessibility compliance report
• consider accessibility when purchasing online by December 31, 2017
or designing self-service kiosks
If your business or non-profit organization
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