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Interim Report

By Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law | 2 Minutes Read May 19, 2017

Ontario considers big changes to Employment Standards Act and Labour Relations Act

For the first time in over 20 years, the Province of Ontario has commissioned an independent report to review both the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act.

Article by Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law / Business, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / casual employees, Changing Workplace Review, employment law, employment standards, employment standards act, ESA, Interim Report, interns, Labour Relations Act, part–time employees, sick leave, temporary employees, trainees, vacation pay

By Michele Glassford | 3 Minutes Read September 6, 2016

The standard of decency

I have an internal debate with myself over whether most of the new or amended legal obligations answer a real need of employers and employees, or are borne of a need of legislators to justify their existence, or appear to addressing crises which really aren't. And just as soon as I have convinced myself that additional laws and regulations are, for the most part, too onerous to justify their limited value, I read numerous news reports on the prevalency of wage theft in Ontario and workplace employment standards violations.

Article by Michele Glassford / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / Changing Workplaces Review, complexity of the law, compliance with legisation, complying with the law, employment law, employment legislation, employment standards act, Employment Standards Enforcement, Employment Standards Enforcement: a Scan of Employment Standards Complaints and Workplace Inspections and their Resolutions under the Employment Standards Act, Interim Report, legal obligations, small businesses, wage theft, workplace employment standards violations

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 3 Minutes Read August 25, 2016

Employers should take note – The Interim Report on Ontario’s “Changing Workplaces Review” is now available for comment

The Interim Report kicks off the next phase of the province–wide consultation on modernizing Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 and Labour Relations Act, 1995. Employers should note that August 31, 2016 is the deadline for submissions on the Personal Emergency Leave provisions of the ESA and October 14, 2016 is the deadline for all other submissions.

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Union Relations / Changing Workplaces Review, employment and labour laws, employment law, employment standards act, Interim Report, Labour Relations Act, Ontario Ministry of Labour, personal emergency leave

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