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By Occasional Contributors | 6 Minutes Read October 8, 2019

Beyond “9 to 5”: Understanding Ontario’s overtime rules

Aside from some “tweaks”, not much has changed when it comes to the Ontario’s overtime rules in many years. Why then do I see so much employer non-compliance?

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / employment law, overtime, overtime hours, overtime hours worked, overtime pay, overtime pay claims, overtime rules, Overtime rules in Ontario, Overtime threshold

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | < 1 Minutes Read April 11, 2013

Most-viewed articles this week on HRinfodesk

The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with the court calling into question the termination without notice of a probationary employee, how the law around references is changing and how a mistake in a contract led to constructive dismissal.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll, Privacy, Union Relations / Cao v. SBLR LLP, constructive dismissal, dismissed without any notice of termination, dismissing probationary employees, Employee performance, employer references, employment contract, employment law, fitness for the position, hours of work, no termination notice, Ontario Labour Relations Board, Ontario Small Claims Court, overtime, overtime hours worked, overtime pay, performance reviews, Probation period, probationary employee, probationary period, termination notice, unpaid wages, wrongful dismissal

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 4 Minutes Read May 11, 2011

Applying overtime rules in Ontario can sometimes be complicated

Ontario's Employment Standards Act provides that in most circumstance, an employee who works more than 44 hours in a given week shall be paid at least one and one-half times his or her regular rate of pay for overtime hours worked. However, this simple rule can become complicated and lead to lawsuits, as several employers have found out recently due to their failure to pay statutory overtime.

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