CAN-ASC-1.1 Standard on employment: Public Review Draft - 2. Scope
Table of contents for section 2
This Standard applies to federally regulated industries and workplaces listed in the most updated version of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Accessible Canada Act. While there is an aspiration for all employers in Canada, including provincial and municipal employers, to follow this Standard, only federally regulated employers are in scope.
Canadian organizations are expected to be compliant with existing legal requirements and regulatory frameworks. This Standard describes what else employers would have to do to ensure accessible and inclusive workplaces.
2.1 Intended audience
The primary intended audience of this Standard includes, but is not limited to:
- employers in federally regulated industries and workplaces listed in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Accessible Canada Act;
- 3rd Party contractors in the federal realm;
- workplace parties (e.g., human resources, workers, managers, clients, students with disabilities at post-secondary institutions, etc.);
- skills training service providers;
- employment service providers;
- agencies that receive federal funding to provide service to people with disabilities; and
- unions.
2.2 Work
“Work” is inclusive of permanent, full-time paid employment contracts, including Agencies, Boards, and Commissions (ABCs), and public appointments made by the government minister. It includes temporary, casual, part-time, contract, gig, and/or employment-like work. Work-integrated learning and apprenticeship opportunities, paid or unpaid, are in scope.
2.3 Work environments
Within this Standard, work environments are defined as workplace locations, remote/online, and hybrid. This Standard addresses all work settings in federally regulated industries and workplaces.