Context

In December 2021, the Ontario government passed the Working for Workers Act, 2021, which introduced new employer policies regarding disconnecting from work, prohibitions on non-compete agreements, removed Canadian experience requirements, and set out a new licensing regime for recruiting and temporary help agencies, amongst other key changes that were discussed in two previous bulletins, "An Update on Ontario's Bill 27: Key Amendments for Employers" and "Ontario Proposing Significant New Employment Law Changes in Bill 27"¹. Bill 88² is, in name, a follow up with further new employer obligations.

What is Being Proposed?

If passed, Bill 88 will introduce the following key legislative changes, among others:

• Creation of a new Digital Platform Workers Rights Act, 2022. This legislation would create rights for workers who accept work through a digital platform and obligations for digital platform operators. The Act would apply to all workers who perform work through the digital platform, regardless of whether or not they are an employee of the platform. Bill 88 proposes certain rights for applicable workers, including a right to a minimum wage, the right to receive information about remuneration, the right to certain protections should the operator of a digital platform decide to remove a worker's access and the right to be free from reprisal for seeking to enforce rights. The legislation will also impose certain record keeping obligations on platform operators, among...

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