Policy violation, not disability, reason for worker’s firing

Company accommodated disability by permitting absences when necessary, but didn’t have to accommodate worker’s failure to follow reporting policy

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has upheld the dismissal of a worker who suffered from kidney stones because the dismissal was for his failure to follow the procedure for reporting his absences, not the absences themselves.

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