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New Legislation Enacted
Authors: Rhonda B. Levy, Knowledge Management Counsel, and Monty Verlint, Shareholder – Littler
On April 11, 2022, Ontario’s Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 received Royal Assent and became law. Bill 88 enacts the new Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022 (DPWRA), and amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), and the Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act, 2006 (FARPCTA). The DPWRA establishes foundational rights and protections for digital workers, i.e., gig workers. The ESA is amended to require most employers to ensure that they have a written policy in place for all employees with respect to electronic monitoring of employees. Included in OHSA amendments is a requirement that employers provide and maintain in good condition a naloxone kit in workplaces where they are aware, or ought to be aware, that there may be a risk of a worker having an opioid overdose. The FARPCTA is amended to require a regulated profession to make a registration decision within 30 business days of receiving an application from a “domestic labor mobility” applicant.
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