Ressources

Références politiques et juridiques

• ACA
  Accessible Canada Act

  Federal accessibility legislation covering federally regulated employers and the public service.
• ASC
  Accessibility Standards Canada

  Federal body developing accessibility standards under the ACA.
• CHRC
  Canadian Human Rights Commission — Duty to Accommodate

  Authoritative guidance on the duty to accommodate for federally regulated workplaces.
• EEA
  Employment Equity Act

  Federal equity obligations and employer reporting requirements.
• DIAP
  Disability Inclusion Action Plan

  Government of Canada's cross-government disability inclusion plan.
• ESCD
  Employment Strategy for Canadians with Disabilities

  Federal employment strategy under the DIAP.
• PIPEDA
  Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

  Governs handling of employee personal and medical information.
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  Quebec Law 25

  Quebec's modernized private-sector privacy regime; applies in addition to PIPEDA.
• BTG
  Bridging the Gap

  Report on disability inclusion in Canadian workplaces.

• ADA
  Americans with Disabilities Act

  Title I covers employment for employers with 15+ employees.
• EEOC
  U.S. EEOC — Reasonable Accommodation

  Guidance on reasonable accommodation and undue hardship under the ADA.
• S.503
  Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act

  Obligations for federal contractors and subcontractors.
• WIOA
  Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

  Federal workforce development law including disability provisions.
• FMLA
  Family and Medical Leave Act

  Job-protected leave; relevant to return-to-work and accommodation.
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  Section 508

  Federal accessibility requirements for information and communications technology.

• UN CRPD
  Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

  The international human rights treaty underpinning modern disability law.
• ILO C159
  ILO Convention No. 159

  Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983.
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  ILO Global Business and Disability Network

  Employer network and the Ten Principles charter.
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  W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WCAG)

  The reference standard for digital accessibility.

Les références politiques indiquent le fondement juridique auquel une question se rattache. Elles ne constituent pas un avis juridique, et LEADS n'est pas un conseil juridique. Les organisations doivent vérifier leurs obligations dans leur propre territoire.

Autres cadres d'évaluation

• ILO GBDN Self-Assessment

  ILO Global Business and Disability Network

  Free multilingual self-assessment for local business units, aligned to the GBDN Charter and the UN CRPD. Produces a Foundational / Practitioner / Leader rating.
• Disability Equality Index (DEI)

  Disability:IN and AAPD

  The most widely used U.S. corporate benchmark. Employer-completed and scored out of 100.
• Disability Smart Audit

  Business Disability Forum

  UK employer audit of policy and practice, delivered through membership.
• BenchmarkABILITY

  Yang-Tan Institute, Cornell University

  Employer self-assessment of disability inclusion policy and practice.
• Disability Confident Scheme

  UK Department for Work and Pensions

  Three-level government employer certification scheme.
• NOD Employment Tracker

  National Organization on Disability

  U.S. employer benchmarking on disability employment practice.
• AbilityNet Accessibility Audits

  AbilityNet

  Digital accessibility auditing against WCAG.
• Disability Facility Scorecard

  Humanity & Inclusion

  Facility-level accessibility assessment used in international development contexts.
• Workplace Accessibility Passport

  Government of Canada

  Employee-held record of accommodations that moves with the employee.

Recherches et rapports

Études et rapports qui ont informé le cadre, utiles pour bâtir une argumentation interne. Lorsqu'une donnée est citée dans les documents LEADS, sa source figure ici.

• Your Workforce Includes People with Disabilities. Does Your People Strategy?

  BCG, 2023

  Survey of ~28,000 employees in 16 countries. Found ~25% self-identify as having a disability while most employers report only 4–7%. The source of the disclosure-gap statistic cited throughout LEADS.
• Supporting the Diverse Identities of Employees with Disabilities

  BCG, 2024

  Follow-up analysis on multiply-marginalised employees with disabilities.
• Disability Inclusion @ Work 2024: A Global Outlook

  Deloitte Global, 2024

  10,000 respondents across 20 countries. Found 74% of accommodation requests were declined at least once.
• The Disability Inclusion Imperative

  Accenture with Disability:IN, 2023

  Post-pandemic update to the Getting to Equal series on disability and financial performance.
• Getting to Equal 2020: Disability Inclusion

  Accenture, 2020

  Global survey of 6,000 employees with disabilities and 1,748 executives.
• Getting to Equal: The Disability Inclusion Advantage

  Accenture with Disability:IN and AAPD, 2018

  The original study linking disability inclusion practice to financial performance.
• Disabilities and Inclusion

  Coqual

  Widely cited research on why employees do and do not disclose at work.
• Return on Disability

  The Return on Disability Group

  Canadian research and advisory on the disability market and employee experience.
• Institute for Work & Health

  IWH, Toronto

  Independent Canadian research on work disability prevention and return to work.
• Conference Board of Canada

  Conference Board of Canada

  Canadian benchmarking on inclusive workplace practice.

Outils pratiques et organisations

Ressources que les administrateurs et les employés peuvent utiliser directement, la plupart gratuites.

• DCIDE

  Institute for Work & Health

  Free decision-support tool helping workers with episodic or invisible conditions think through whether, when and how to disclose.
• Job Accommodation Network (JAN)

  U.S. Dept. of Labor / ODEP

  Free, confidential accommodation guidance, searchable by condition and job function. The most practical first stop for a specific situation.
• EARN — Employer Assistance and Resource Network

  ODEP

  Employer toolkits covering recruitment, retention, advancement and accommodation.
• ADA National Network

  ADA National Network

  Ten regional centres providing free technical assistance on ADA obligations.
• Accessibility Standards Canada — Standards

  ASC

  Published and in-development Canadian accessibility standards.
• Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification

  RHFAC

  Third-party rating and certification of physical site accessibility in Canada.
• Accessibility Services Canada

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  Training and resources on Canadian accessibility compliance.
• W3C WAI — Getting Started

  W3C

  Practical starting points for making digital content accessible.
• Washington Group Short Set

  Washington Group on Disability Statistics

  The standard six-question set for measuring disability prevalence in surveys. Used by Deloitte and others.
• Lime Connect

  Lime Connect

  Talent network connecting students and professionals with disabilities to employers.
• The Valuable 500

  Valuable 500

  CEO-level commitment network on disability inclusion.
• Disability:IN Resources

  Disability:IN

  Supplier diversity, benchmarking and corporate practice resources.
• Canadian Accessibility Network

  Carleton University

  Pan-Canadian network connecting research, policy and lived experience.
• Centre for Independent Living in Toronto

  CILT

  Independent living resources, peer support and consumer-directed services.
• National Council on Independent Living

  NCIL

  U.S. cross-disability grassroots advocacy organization.
• nTIDE

  Kessler Foundation and UNH Institute on Disability

  Monthly U.S. disability employment statistics and a Lunch & Learn webinar series.

Statistiques et données de prévalence

Sources primaires sur la prévalence du handicap et l'emploi.

• Canadian Survey on Disability

  Statistics Canada

  Prevalence and employment outcomes for Canadians with disabilities.
• Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics

  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

  Annual U.S. disability employment data.
• WHO Global Report on Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities

  WHO, 2022

  Global prevalence and health equity evidence.