Last year, Bill 88, or the Working for Workers Act, 2022, gave employers some new responsibilities, and there are more changes coming down the pike in 2023.
Emond Harnden got you up to speed last fall about the electronic monitoring policy requirement and partner Raquel Chisholm is back with some advice about another two requirements:
“The Employment Standards Act is 100 per cent for the protection of employees,” said Chisholm. “It provides minimum entitlements like minimum wage, statutory holidays and vacation time, as well as the right to overtime pay.”
The question is, when does it apply? For example, the ESA exempts certain professions, like doctors and accountants, from various parts of the legislation.
Two new exemptions came into force on Jan. 1, 2023 to address the employment status of IT and business consultants, which are newly and broadly defined in the ESA. While the ESA’s definitions are detailed, a business consultant generally refers to someone who provides advice or services to a business or organization regarding its performance, like marketing, and an IT...
US President Donald Trump can shock people. And he did just that eleven minutes into his 40-minute address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday (September 22). “Will a deal be ...