Ontario Labour Laws

• Ontario to boost penalties for employers who withhold workers’ passports

  "My message to those scumbags out there abusing migrant workers is this: you can run but you can't hide," Labour Minister Monte McNaughton said.

  Canada

  Mar 20, 2023
  
• CMA slams Ontario’s move to allow employers to require doctor’s note for minor illnesses

  A national doctors' group is raising concerns about the Ontario government's move to allow employers to require workers to provide a doctor's note to explain even minor illnesses, such as the common cold.

  Canada

  Nov 16, 2018
  
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• Ontario government investigating businesses allegedly breaking new labour laws

  The minimum wage increased on Jan. 1 from $11.60 an hour to $14 and some businesses have implemented new rules to offset the added costs.

  Politics

  Jan 8, 2018
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• Who wins and who loses in Ontario’s decision to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour?

  Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's plan to increase minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019 may come as a welcome surprise to workers across the province, but businesses that already have thin margins may see it as an opportunity to eliminate jobs.

  Canada

  May 30, 2017
• Ontario business group warns against major provincial labour law changes

  Issues covered in a provincial review include the process by which workers can unionize, work scheduling, sick time and sick notes, emergency leave and leave for those who experience domestic violence, and the issue of misclassifying employees as independent contractors so that they're exempt from labour laws.

  Politics

  May 15, 2017