Over the last few months, the Ontario government has passed a number of new laws and regulations that are bound to shake things up for everyone, from workers to businesses and residents across the province.
From being able to ignore your work-related responsibilities after hours to a significant pay increase for minimum wage workers, here are six different laws, rules, or extensions that are officially set to happen in Ontario next year.
Who doesn't love getting a raise? Back on November 2, the Ford government announced that it would propose legislation that would boost Ontario's minimum wage rates up to $15 an hour.
In an announcement posted on December 9, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy confirmed that the Ontario government will indeed increase those wage rates come the new year, starting January 1, 2022.
"We want our province's workers to be in a race to the top, not a race to the bottom," Bethlenfalvy said.
In total, full-time minimum wage workers will see raise of $1,350 for the year (though, even with the increase, that salary doesn't even come close to covering the cost of rent for an average one-bedroom apartment in Toronto for a month right now).
Liquor servers would also get an hourly pay increase, going from $12.55 an hour to $15, too.
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