Quebec: Employers must Accommodate Employees returning to work following a Workplace Injury

A recent decision from the Quebec Court of Appeal found that where an employee is seeking to return to work after a workplace injury, An Act Respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases requires the employer to accommodate the employee to the point of undue hardship. The relevant adjudicative bodies in Quebec now have the power to evaluate whether the employee has been properly accommodated. An Act Respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases did not previously require the same form of accommodation as Human Rights legislation.