{"id":32241,"date":"2021-06-29T13:13:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T17:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=32241"},"modified":"2021-07-07T09:40:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T13:40:48","slug":"reminder-your-ontario-accessibility-compliance-report-is-due-june-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/hr\/2021\/06\/29\/reminder-your-ontario-accessibility-compliance-report-is-due-june-30\/","title":{"rendered":"REMINDER: Your Ontario Accessibility Compliance Report is DUE JUNE 30!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REMINDER: Your Ontario Accessibility Compliance Report is DUE JUNE 30!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Authored by CCCC Staff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All Ontario businesses and non-profits with 20 or more employees must complete an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/completing-your-accessibility-compliance-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accessibility compliance report<\/a> by <strong>JUNE 30, 2021<\/strong>. The original deadline was December 31, 2020 but due to COVID-19 the deadline was extended by six months. If you haven&#8217;t already submitted your report, this is your last-minute reminder!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compliance report ensures that your organization is meeting its requirements under the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/05a11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act<\/a> <\/em>(AODA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To complete the compliance report, you\u2019ll need the following information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Organization\u2019s legal name<\/li><li>Business number (check your federal or provincial tax return)<\/li><li>Number of employees<\/li><li>Name and contact of certifier (person who has authority to say report is complete and accurate)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forms.ssb.gov.on.ca\/mbs\/ssb\/forms\/ssbforms.nsf\/QuickResults?Openform&amp;ENV=WWE&amp;MIN=&amp;BRN=&amp;PRG=&amp;TIT=accessibility+compliance+report&amp;NO=&amp;SRT=T&amp;NEW=&amp;STR=1&amp;MAX=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">different forms<\/a> for (1) businesses and non-profits with 20 or more employees, and (2) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/accessibility-rules-public-sector-organizations#section-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">designated public-sector organizations<\/a>. Designated public-sector organizations include school boards, hospitals, universities, colleges, public transportation, boards and tribunals, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Business and non-profits must file reports every three years; public-sector organizations must file reports every two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about filling our your report, you can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/completing-your-accessibility-compliance-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ontario\u2019s info page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/o-1hzKvDhWs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">watch a video<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JNxJlCf8F4M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">watch a described video<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/files.ontario.ca\/msaa-bnp-learn-how-to-complete-your-accessibilit-compliance-report-en-06-14-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download a PDF<\/a>. You can also check out our Quick Reference Chart for a visual checklist of obligations for each category of organization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AODA-Compliance-Quick-Reference-Chart-June-2021.pdf\">AODA-Compliance-Quick-Reference-Chart-June-2021<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AODA-Compliance-Quick-Reference-Chart-June-2021.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REMINDER: Your Ontario Accessibility Compliance Report is DUE JUNE 30! Authored by CCCC Staff All Ontario businesses and non-profits with 20 or more employees must complete an accessibility compliance report by JUNE 30, 2021. The original deadline was December 31, 2020 but due to COVID-19 the deadline was extended by&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/hr\/2021\/06\/29\/reminder-your-ontario-accessibility-compliance-report-is-due-june-30\/\" class=\"linkbutton\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":32246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ts_fic_featured_image_caption":"Photo Credits: https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@yomex4life","footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-32241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32241"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=32241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}