The next deadline for compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is January 1, 2015. With that in mind, we thought it would be a good idea to spend some time focusing on the AODA. All this week on the vpi Expert HR blog we will feature articles on accessibility and the AODA in something we’re calling “AODA Awareness Week”
“The government enacted the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) in 2005, which set out a clear goal and timeframe to make Ontario accessible by 2025. The Act lays the framework for the development of province-wide mandatory standards on accessibility in all areas of daily life.”
- The Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure
Making sure that your business is accessible to every potential client seems like a win-win. However, the AODA document itself is fairly dense (if you would like, you can read all 26,000 words of it here). So we thought it would be helpful to put together a list of some of the compliance deadlines that your organization may need to be aware of.
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