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Disabilities: Myths and Facts
Challenge common myths about hiring people with disabilities in trucking and logistics. This resource helps employers understand the facts about absenteeism, accommodation costs, supervision, retention, career development, and performance expectations, while encouraging inclusive hiring, meaningful employment opportunities, and stronger workforce participation for people with disabilities.
Talking about Disabilities
Promote respectful, inclusive language when talking about disabilities in trucking and logistics workplaces. This resource helps employers and employees understand person-first terminology, avoid harmful assumptions, use accessible language, refer to disability only when relevant, and create a more respectful workplace culture for people with disabilities.
Canada Labour Code Amendments – In Effect July 9th, 2023
Understand Canada Labour Code amendments that came into effect on July 9, 2023. This resource helps federally regulated trucking and logistics employers review requirements for work-related expense reimbursement, written employment statements, employee rights information, timelines, penalties, onboarding updates, and record retention.
Connector Tool
Connect with organizations and resources that support inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities. THRC’s Connector Tool helps trucking and logistics employers search by keyword, location, language, support type, and target audience to find information, training, funding, and job-seeker connection resources that can strengthen accessibility, inclusion, recruitment, and retention practices.
Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act – Integrated Accessibility Standards Policy – Sample
Support accessible and inclusive workplace practices. This sample policy helps trucking and logistics employers develop an integrated accessibility standards policy covering training, information and communication, employment, accessible formats, return to work, workplace emergency response, design of public spaces, customer service standards, and policy review.
Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act – Ensuring Compliance As an Employer – Checklist
Review AODA employer requirements with a practical checklist. This resource helps Ontario trucking and logistics employers understand accessibility obligations by employee count, including policies, training, accessibility plans, employment practices, accessible information and communication, public spaces, and compliance reporting.
Supporting Disclosure & Common Types Of Industry Accommodations
Create a safer, more inclusive workplace for disability disclosure and accommodation. This resource helps trucking and logistics employers understand why employees may or may not disclose a disability, how to build trust and accessibility, and what practical accommodations may support employees across office, road, shop, and yard roles.
Hiring Persons With Disabilities Legal Considerations for Federally Regulated Employers and for Employers Regulated in Ontario
Understand key legal considerations for hiring persons with disabilities. This resource helps trucking and logistics employers review federal and Ontario legislation related to discrimination prevention, employment equity, accessibility, duty to accommodate, undue hardship, accessible hiring, and job protection.
Personal Leave Policy Sample
Clarify how personal leave requests are managed. This sample policy helps trucking and logistics employers outline legislated and extended personal leave, including eligibility, notice, documentation, approvals, pay and benefits considerations, vacation accrual, policy review, and employee acknowledgement.
Sample Individual Accommodation Plan (IAP) for Trucking and Logistics Industry Employers
Document workplace accommodations with clarity and consistency. This sample Individual Accommodation Plan helps trucking and logistics employers record employee accommodation needs, participants, supporting documentation, accommodation measures, accessible communication supports, emergency response needs, review timelines, and approvals.