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October is Disability Employment Awareness Month |
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Recognized by the Manitoba government each October, Disability Employment Awareness Month is a time to recognize the positive contributions people with disabilities make toward developing a more diverse and inclusive workforce for all! |
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FREE WEBINAR: Accessibility at Work: Removing Barriers to Benefit All Employees |
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Join the Manitoba Accessibility Office for a round table discussion on the use of universal design principles to create flexible workplaces and accessibility accommodations. The webinar panellists bring a broad range of perspectives and include individuals with lived experiences and human resource professionals. You will learn about real scenarios and gain valuable insight into how to work with your employees to proactively create accessible work environments. Â |
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| The webinar recording will be made available to those unable to participate in real-time on AccessibilityMB.ca. |
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“Light It Up!†for National Disability Employment Awareness Month |
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The Manitoba Legislative Building joins over 350 buildings across Canada that will be lit up in purple and blue on October 16, in recognition of “Light it Up! for NDEAMâ€. |
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This one-night special lighting event quickly became a national movement. It is meant to ignite conversations about disability inclusion in employment, in business and communities. |
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Manitoba Accessibility Action Plan: Quarterly Update Now Available |
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The Accessibility Action Plan tracker has been updated to reflect the quarterly progress. This action plan tracks the province’s progress toward actioning the recommendations presented in the Five-Year Review of The Accessibility for Manitobans Act: 2023. Significant progress has already been made in implementing many of the recommendations from the review, with over 75 per cent of the recommendations marked as either completed or underway. Manitoba’s Accessibility Action Plan will continue to be updated quarterly to keep Manitobans informed on the progress. |
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Accessible Recruitment and Onboarding: What to Know |
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As a prospective or new employee in Manitoba, do you know about reasonable accommodation requirements for persons with disabilities under the Accessible Employment Standard Regulation? This regulation came into force for Manitoba employers in all sectors on May 1, 2022. |
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Section 5 of the Accessible Employment Standard Regulation requires that organizations offer reasonable accommodations when recruiting new employees. Section 6 requires that employers inform applicants about workplace accommodation policies and practices when making an offer of employment. |
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Large employers, with 50 or more employees, are required to write down their accessible employment policies. You can ask to see a large employer’s accessible employment policy to find out how they accommodate employees with disabilities. If you are a person disabled by barriers, the regulation also states that you may request the policy information in an alternate format. |
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Organizations are required to facilitate reasonable workplace accommodations by: |
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telling potential job applicants of the availability of reasonable accommodations for persons disabled by barriers during the assessment or selection process. responding to accommodation requests in the assessment or selection process by consulting with the applicant and providing reasonable accommodations. informing the selected applicants of the organization’s policies and practices for workplace accommodations.
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Remember: Although organizations with fewer than 50 employees are not required to write down their accessible employment policies, those with at least one employee in Manitoba are still required to follow the regulation’s requirements and provide reasonable accommodations to employees or prospective employees who are temporarily or permanently disabled by barriers. |
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To learn more about the Accessible Employment Standard Regulation, please visit AccessibilityMB.ca. |
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Upcoming Training Opportunity |
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Understand the Role and Responsibilities of the Accessibility Compliance Secretariat |
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Learn about the Accessibility Compliance Secretariat’s role in advancing Manitoba’s accessibility laws forward. Any organization with obligations under The Accessibility for Manitobans Act will benefit from attending this webinar. You will hear about the secretariat’s role and responsibilities and discover how its staff work with organizations to remove barriers, so Manitobans with disabilities can participate equally in fundamental aspects of daily life. |
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Webinar Details: Date: January 20, 2026 Time: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Where: Virtual via Zoom
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Upcoming Awareness Celebrations |
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