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Friday, November 28, 2025

The Latest Changes to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 - Ogletree

  • Starting June 19, 2025, employees in Ontario with at least thirteen consecutive weeks of employment will be entitled to an unpaid leave of absence for up to twenty-seven weeks in a fifty-two-week period for serious medical conditions certified by a qualified health practitioner.
  • Effective July 1, 2025, Ontario employers would be required under the amended law to provide new employees with specific employment information in writing before their first day of work, including the employer’s legal name, the employer’s contact information, the employee’s work location, the employee’s starting wage rate, the company’s pay period, and the anticipated hours of work.
  • Beginning January 1, 2026, employers in Ontario with more than twenty-five employees are required under the amended law to disclose the range of expected compensation, disclose the use of AI in hiring, confirm if a job posting is for an existing vacancy, and are prohibited from requiring “Canadian experience.”

Changes Effective June 19, 2025

Long-Term Illness Leave

Under the amended law, employees with at least thirteen consecutive weeks of employment will be entitled to an unpaid leave of absence for up to twenty-seven weeks in a fifty-two-week period if they have a serious medical condition certified by a qualified health practitioner.

The law does not require that the weeks of leave be taken consecutively. Employees may extend the leave within the same fifty-two-week period by submitting another medical...



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