The Employment Standards Act 2000 (ESA) is a legislation used to regulate employment in Ontario. This blog provides a brief overview of Ontario's ESA.
Share Over recent weeks, the Ontario government has announced proposed changes to labour and employment laws and regulations – including some that affect the legal profession. Bill 149, Working for Workers Four Act, 2023, is currently in the second reading s...
, the validity of its reasoning, its consistency with earlier and later pronouncements, and all those factors that give it power to persuade, if lacking power to control. Also, no principle of law precludes a determination that waiting time is working time under the Fair Labor Standards Act....
In addition to the increase in Ontario’s minimum wage the “Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs” Act introduced several other workplace legislation reforms. The changes that this new legislation brings to the Employment standards Act are the biggest changes since 2000. Reforms to the way temp agencie...
The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal inDufualt.The panel declined to revisitWaksdaleand the appeal was decided solely on the basis that the “for cause” termination clause violated theEmployment Standards Act,and specifically declined to comment at all on the “without cause” te...
Effective January 1, 2005, the Employee shall be entitled to an annual vacation of 5 weeks. ATICLE IX TERMINATION BY CORPORATION 9.1 The Corporation shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement and the Employee's employment with the Corporation: (a) at any time, for any reason, upon written...
beneficiary or legal representative, as applicable) shall be entitled to receive, in addition to the payments and benefits set forth in Section 5(a) above, the notice of termination, or pay in lieu thereof, and severance pay if applicable, all in accordance with the Employment Standards Act,...
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Pension Benefits Actmeans The Pension Benefits Act of Ontario and regulations thereunder as amended from time to time. Eligible casual employeemeans a casual employee employed during a period of at least 12 months, either: Fixed-term employmentmeans employment for a specified term or ascertainable ...
(or to Executive’s estate in the event of his death) the current base salary earned but unpaid through the date of termination, along with any earned but unused vacation pay due at the time of termination (collectively, the “Accrued Obligations”), which payment shall be made within ten ...