As an employer, you know that finding the right person for the job is critical to the success of your business.

Whether you have one employee or 1,000, finding, hiring and retaining employees takes a lot of time and effort. And it's expensive.

About the accessible employment standard: Where we are now

This standard aims to help employers create equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities by:

• setting out specific requirements for the recruitment, retention and accommodation of people with disabilities
• applying to all organizations in Ontario with at least one employee.

From February 18 to May 22, 2009, the Ontario government released the initial proposed employment accessibility standard for a public review period.

The Employment Accessibility Standards Development Committee revised the proposed standard to reflect the public's input. It then submitted the final proposed standard to the government for consideration as law.