Accessibility Standards PolicyPro^®

The PolicyPro is the only one of its kind offering all the resources you need to deal with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) standards. The manual goes beyond covering what is required by law. It provides practical advice, tools and resources to help you meet your compliance requirements on time and with confidence. Accessibility Standards PolicyPro offers:

Step-by-step methodology on how to achieve compliance
Clear information about deadlines and requirements
Sample multi-year compliance plan (due by January 1, 2014)
Over 30 sample policies and procedures and over 32 additional documents including plans, forms, checklists and more
Quarterly releases covering new regulations and best practices
A newsletter with insightful analysis

Loose-leaf and software formats

Four updates a year

One-year subscription: $595

Annual renewal: $380

Practical

Accessibility Standards PolicyPro is designed to make it a relatively simple process for any size business to understand legal requirements and establish policies, practices and procedures on providing goods or services to people with disabilities.

Current and Comprehensive

Updated on a regular basis, the resource contains policies and procedures that reflect the most current legislative requirements. Your 30-day trial offers the best way to assess the currency and quality of the information.

Authoritative

The author, Suzanne Cohen Share, has an MA in Health Policy and Critical Disabilities from York University, including a specialty in disability law from Osgoode Hall Law School. The manual’s legal editor, Stringer LLP, is a leader in Canadian workplace law.

Loose-leaf (Click on the chapters for more information)

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
Standard for Customer Service
The Integrated Accessibility Standards
Standard for Information and Communications
Standard for Employment

Software

Use the PolicyPro^® software to

Access the policies and procedures from the loose-leaf version in electronic format
Build a policy manual
Customize each policy, if needed, in Microsoft Word^®
Archive your work for easy updating
Get compliance guidance every step of the way

About the author
Suzanne Cohen Share has an M.A. in Health Policy and Critical Disabilities from York University, including a specialty in disability law from Osgoode Hall Law School. Suzanne taught Health Policy and Government at York University and was an instructor at Brock University.

Suzanne has more than 25 years of experience as a business and accounting consultant and is a popular professional lecturer, researcher, trainer and consultant. She is known as a cross-disability consultant, accessibility auditor, public speaker and author of custom handbooks as required by the customer.

She was on the Accessible Built Environment Standard Development Committee for the Province of Ontario and from time to time has trained the Ontario and Federal government on various accessibility issues.

Through her company Access (SCS) Consulting Services (623921 Ontario Ltd.), Suzanne consults on all matters related to business including restructuring, accounting, inclusive solutions, sensitivity awareness education, compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and federally mandated obligations to people with disabilities. Suzanne was a founder and Director for Central Western Ontario for the Accessibility Consultants Association of Ontario, and is still a member. Her website is www.access-scs-consulting.com.

About the legal editor
Stringer LLP is a leader in Canadian workplace law. For over 45 years, they have taken a client-centred approach to responsive service, representing employers with labour relations and employment problems. They regularly advise and represent clients on a wide variety of matters, from day-to-day issues to corporate transactions and major pieces of litigation. Their firm’s practice covers a broad spectrum of workplace law, including employment law, occupational health & safety, labour relations and arbitration, human rights, pay equity, and workers' compensation, as well as issues under the AODA. They also provide training, seminars and conferences on the above topics.

About the managing editor
Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B., was called to the Quebec bar in 1988 where she practised business and employment and labour law until 1999. She is still a member in good standing of the Quebec Bar Association. Yosie is one of Canada’s best-known and most-respected HR authors, with an extensive background in employment and labour law across the country. She is also the Human Resources Advisor, Human Resources PolicyPro and HRinfodesk Managing Editor. She has researched and written extensively on the AODA and accompanying standards and on similar initiatives across Canada.