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Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018

Another Ontario employment law legislative update! On December 6, 2018 the Ford government introduced Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 (“The Bill”). This bill, if passed, will make even more amendments to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) and, of relevance to unionized workplaces, the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (“LRA”)

Bill 66 comes hot on the heels of Bill 47, which passed on November 21, 2018. You can read about Bill 47 and the big changes it brought on our blog here or ask us for a free copy of our e-book, which will give you a more in-depth look.

So what new changes will Bill 66 bring? Let’s take a look.

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Pay Transparency Delayed

Throughout the year we have been blogging on the progress of Bill 203, Ontario’s Pay Transparency Act, 2018 (the Act).  Check out our posts discussing the Act here and here. As of our last post in May 2018, this Act was set to come into force on January 1, 2019. Well, in the spirit of keeping things interesting, the Ford government has decided that that is not to be.

Bill 57

Bill 57, a Ford government initiative titled the Restoring Trust, Transparency and Accountability Act, 2018 received Royal Assent in the legislature of Ontario on December 6, 2018. One aspect of this omnibus bill was delaying the commencement of the Act from January 1, 2019, to “a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.” So basically for an unknown amount of time and possibly indefinitely.

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Goodbye Personal Emergency Leave

Bill 47, the Ford government’s Making Ontario Open for Business Act has passed. One big change the bill makes is to the much discussed (and much used) Bill 148 amendment regarding Personal Emergency Leave. This amendment will come into force on January 1, 2019.

For historical purposes, you can read all about the Bill 148 version of Personal Emergency Leave on our blog here.

Under the Bill 47 version of the Employment Standards Act, we will soon have Sick Leave, Family Responsibility Leave and Bereavement Leave instead of Personal Emergency Leave.

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