vulnerable workers
May 25, 2017 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Penalties and Fines, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Source Deductions and Reporting, Training and Development, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
On May 23, 2017, the Government of Ontario released the Changing Workplaces Review final report by authors C. Michael Mitchell and John C. Murray. It contains 173 recommendations that endorse significant changes to Ontario employment law aiming to create better workplaces with decent working conditions and widespread compliance with the law. The authors consulted with […]
Changing Workplaces Review final report, employment law, employment standards act, exemptions and exclusions to employment standards, hours of work, labour relations, Labour Relations Act, minimum wage, Ontario employment law, Ontario Ministry of Labour, paid sick leave, Part-time casual temporary seasonal and contract employees, personal emergency leave, Public Holiday Pay, Scheduling, temporary foreign workers, temporary help agencies, vulnerable workers, work-related issues
January 20, 2016 Beyond Rewards Inc Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Penalties and Fines, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, Wages and Compensation
As of November 20, 2014, Ontario gave royal assent and have passed the Stronger Workplace for a Stronger Economy Act, otherwise known as Bill 18. This Act certifies that vulnerable workers, such as unpaid workers, or temporary workers, receive proper training and protection in order to lower the amount of workplace deaths or injuries among these workers.
Bill 18, employment law, employment standards act, HR, Internship programs, Occupational Health & Safety Act, Stronger Workplace for a Stronger Economy Act, temporary workers, unpaid workers, vulnerable workers, wage claims
April 15, 2014 Simon Heath, BA, MIR, LLB, Heath Law Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Penalties and Fines, Pensions and Benefits, Wages and Compensation
On April 3, 2014, the Ontario Ministry of Labour announced the focus of its 2014-15 Employment Standards Act (ESA) inspection blitzes. A “blitz” occurs when the Ministry of Labour (MOL) decides to have its employment standards officers target industries that have a history of employment standards violations or industries that employ vulnerable workers in order to ensure compliance with the ESA.
compliance orders, employment law, employment standards act, employment standards inspection blitzes, Employment Standards Officers, ESA poster, interns, internships, Ontario Ministry of Labour, orders to pay wages/fees, Part I Notices of Offence, province-wide inspection blitzes, temporary foreign workers, temporary help agencies, tickets, vulnerable workers, working conditions
December 17, 2013 Doug MacLeod, MacLeod Law Firm Health and Safety, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Penalties and Fines, Training and Development
A new regulation under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act mandates basic safety awareness training for all Ontario workers and supervisors – with a specific focus on small business and vulnerable workers.
canadian employment law, employment law, health and safety representatives, joint health and safety committees, managers or supervisors, mandatory health and safety training, MOL mandatory training requirements, occupational health and safety act, occupational health and safety awareness training program, ontario, small business, Supervisors, vulnerable workers, WHMIS, Workers, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, workplace hazards, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, wsib
December 12, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Corporate Immigration, Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Notice, Damages and Settlements, Payroll
Three of the most popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with significant changes to employment and labour law in Ontario, wrongfully dismissing an employee for refusing to sign an updated list of duties, and an employee’s duty to mitigate.
2013, alternative job offer, Bill 146, canadian employment law, duty to mitigate, employment and labour law, employment duties, employment law, employment standards act, Foreign workers, immigrants, Labour Relations Act, mitigate damages, occupational health and safety, Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, temp agencies, vulnerable workers, vulnerable workforc, wrongful dismissal
October 28, 2013 Employer Advisor, McCarthy Tétrault LLP Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Training and Development, Wages and Compensation
The Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL) conducts inspections to ensure compliance with the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). The MOL targets employers in (as they put it) “sectors where there is a history of employment standards violations and where vulnerable workers are employed.” Thankfully, at least the MOL announces the targeted sector so that employers can prepare. This time, the target is the retail industry.
canadian employment law, Careful in calculating holiday pay, deductions from pay, eating periods, employment law, employment standards act, employment standards violations, hours of work, inspection, minimum wage, MOL, Not all “managers” are overtime exempt, overtime pay, public holidays, record keeping, retail industry, retailers, Service accrual during maternity leave, The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Time off in lieu of overtime pay, Use it or lose it, vacation pay, vulnerable workers
September 28, 2012 Lauren Bride Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Wages and Compensation
The Law Commission of Ontario recently published their “Interim Report on Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work”, a province-wide study that is designed to provoke public feedback on or before October 1, 2012. In response to the feedback gathered, the LCO intends to release a culminating report in the winter of 2012.
economic stability, employment law, employment security, Law Commission of Ontario, low wages, nature of employment types, precarious work, vulnerable workers
September 19, 2012 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Corporate Immigration, Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation
According to a published report titled “Made in Canada: How the Law Constructs Migrant Workers’ Insecurity” by the Metcalf Foundation, Canada’s reliance on low-wage migrant workers with temporary immigration status is growing but the employment and labour laws of the country make them vulnerable to abuse.
employment law, exploitation, Foreign workers, Immigration Law, Labour Law, labour migration cycle, low-wage migrant workers, migrant workers, migrant workforce, overworked and denied basic rights, temporary foreign workers, temporary immigration status, temporary migration stream, underpaid, vulnerable workers
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