Labour-Related Topics: A - Z

Here you'll find a listing of popular labour-related topics. Select a topic from the list below and you'll be directed to where to find what you are looking for.

Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Tribunals: Ministry of Labour; Ontario Government
Agricultural Workers: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Agricultural Workers
Apprenticeship See also: Training, Certification, Technical Safety and Standards Association: Ministry of Education, Training, Colleges and Universities: Apprenticeship
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/apprenticeship/appren.html
Arbitration: Labour Relations: FAQ; Office of Arbitration

Benefits: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Personal Emergency Leave; Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Personal Pregnancy and Parental Leave
Bereavement See also: Personal Emergency Leave: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Personal Emergency Leave
Breaks: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Hours of Work and Overtime
Business Information See also:: Companies and Personal Property Security Branch
www.cbs.gov.on.ca/mcbs/english/company_info.htm; Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
www.cbsc.org/ontario/; Ontario Business Connects
www.cbs.gov.on.ca/obc/english/4TJTBS.htm; Ministry of Government Services
www.mgs.gov.on.ca; Retail Business Holidays Act
www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Statutes/English/90r30_e.htm; Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation
www.ontario-canada.com; Small Business Central
www.sbe.gov.on.ca/ontcan/sbe/en/st_sbc_en.jsp; Business Advisory Services
www.sbe.gov.on.ca/ontcan/sbe/en/st_busadvise_en.jsp

Canada Labour Code: laws.justice.gc.ca/en/L-2/
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) See also: Old Age Security: www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/isp/common/home.shtml
Certification See: Apprenticeship, Training
Child and Family Benefits See also: Taxes: www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/benefits/menu-e.html
Citizenship See also: Immigration, Refugees, Visas, Work Permits, Discrimination,: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizen/index.html; Ministry of Citizenship
www.citizenship.gov.on.ca; Settlement.org
www.settlement.org/
Claims See: Employment Standards Claim, Health and Safety Complaint, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, Office of the Worker Advisor, Office of the Employer Advisor, Pay Equity Office, Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal, Ontario Labour Relations Board
Coffee Breaks See: Breaks, Hours of Work
Collective Agreements: Labour Relations: FAQ; Office of Collective Bargaining; Workplace Information
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/business/cluster/category/cb.shtml
Conciliation: Labour Relations: FAQ
Confined Space: Construction Projects - O. Reg. 628/05 [effective September 30, 2006]; Industrial Establishments - O. Reg. 629/05 [effective September 30, 2006]; Mines and Mining Plants - O. Reg. 630/05 [effective September 30, 2006]; Health Care and Residential Facilities - O. Reg. 631/05 [effective September 30, 2006]; Confined Spaces - O. Reg. 632/05 [effective September 30, 2006]
Construction: Start a Construction Business
www.serviceontario.ca/constructionbusiness/english/index.htm; Start and Run a Construction Project
www.serviceontario.ca/constructionproject/english/index.htm; Electronic Project Notification Web Site
https://www.enotification.mol.gov.on.ca/chsp/
Constructive Dismissal See: Dismissal

Deductions: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Minimum Wage
Disability Issues See also: Ontario Human Rights Commission: Ministry of Citizenship: Accessibility Ontario: Government Programs and Services Issues
www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/accessibility/; Ontario Disability Support Program
www.mcss.gov.on.ca; Ministry of Health
www.health.gov.on.ca; Assistive Devices & Home Oxygen Program
www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/program/adp/adp_mn.html; Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services
www.mcss.gov.on.ca/CFCS/; Ontario Disability Support Program
www.mcss.gov.on.ca; Developmental Services
www.mcss.gov.on.ca/CFCS/
Discrimination See: Ontario Human Rights Commission: Ontario Human Rights Commission
www.ohrc.on.ca
Dismissal: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Termination of Employment and Severance
Domestic Workers: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Domestic Workers

Eating Periods See also: Coffee Breaks, Hours of Work
Elections: Elections Ontario
Personal Emergency Leave See also: Bereavement: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Personal Emergency Leave
Employment Insurance (EI) See also: Parental Benefits, Pregnancy Benefits, Parental Leave, Pregnancy Leave, Social Insurance Number, Termination of Employment: Human Resources Development Canada: Employment Insurance
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/nav/top_nav/program/ei.shtml; Human Resources Development Canada: Sites Across Canada
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/menu/profile-search.shtml#100
Employment Standards Claim: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: How to File a Claim; Employment Standards Claim Form

Filing a Claim See: Employment Standards Claim, Health and Safety Complaint, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, Office of the Worker Advisor, Office of the Employer Advisor, Pay Equity Commission, Pay Equity Commission, Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal, Ontario Labour Relations Board
Forklifts: Guideline: Safe Operation of Powered Lift Trucks; Clark Models ECS and GCS Forklift Trucks

Harrassment See: Ontario Human Rights Commission
Health and Safety: Ministry of Labour: Health and Safety; Guide: Occupational Health and Safety Act; Guide: Joint Health and Safety Committees and Representatives in the Workplace; Guide: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS); Hazard Alerts; Guideline: Safe Operation of Powered Lift Trucks; Guideline: Guidelines for Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews: How to Apply Section 7 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments; Health and Safety Websites
Health and Safety Claim (Complaint): Guide: Occupational Health and Safety Act
Homeworkers: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Homeworkers
Hours of Work See also: Overtime: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Hours of Work and Overtime
Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC): www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml

Immigration See also: Citizenship, Refugees, Visas, Work Permits: Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/; www.settlement.org
Financial Services Commission of Ontario: www.ontarioinsurance.com/
Insurance See also: Employment Insurance: Financial Services Commission of Ontario
www.ontarioinsurance.com/

Joint Health and Safety Committees (JHSC): Guide: Joint Health and Safety Committees and Representatives in the Workplace
Jobs See also: Youth: WorkSearch
www.worksearch.gc.ca/; Human Resources Development Canada National Job Bank
www.jobbank.gc.ca/; Jobs
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/individuals/cluster/jobs.shtml

Labour Market Information See also: Labour Statistics: National Labour Market Information
www.lmi-imt.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/
Labour Statistics: Statistics Canada
www.statcan.ca/start.html; Statistics Canada: Business Data
www.commerce.statcan.ca/english/commerce/; Statistics Canada: Labour
www40.statcan.ca/l01/ind01/l2_2621.htm
Laws: Ministry of Labour Legislation and Regulations; e-Laws
www.e-laws.gov.on.ca; Publications Ontario
www.publications.gov.on.ca/english/
Layoff Severance, Employment Standards Claim: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Termination of Employment and Severance
Legislative Assembly: Legislative Assembly:www.ontla.on.ca/
Live Performance--Health and Safety: Guideline: Safety Guidelines for the Live Performance Industry in Ontario
Lock outs (labour): Labour Relations: FAQ

Maternity Benefits See also: Pregnancy Leave, Parental Leave, Parental Benefits: Human Resources Development Canada
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/ei/types/special.shtml
Maternity Leave See : Pregnancy Leave, Parental Leave
Mediation: Labour Relations: FAQ; Office of Mediation
Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP): Member of Provincial Parliament
www.ontla.on.ca
Minimum Wage See also: Pay: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Minimum Wage
Mould: Hazard Alert: Mould in Workplace Buildings

No Board Report: Labour Relations: FAQ

Occupational Health and Safety See Health and Safety
Office of the Employer Adviser (OEA) See also: Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Tribunals: http://www.employeradviser.ca/html/aboutus.html
Office of the Worker Adviser (OWA) See also: Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Tribunals: http://www.owa.gov.on.ca
Old Age Security: www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/isp/common/home.shtml
Ontario Gazette: http://www.ontariogazette.gov.on.ca
Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC): www.ohrc.on.ca/
Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB): http://www.olrb.gov.on.ca/english/homepage.htm
Overtime See also: Hours of Work,: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Hours of Work and Overtime

Pay See also: Minimum Wage, Overtime, Vacation
Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal (PEHT) See also: Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Tribunals: www.labour.gov.on.ca/pec/peht
Pay Equity Office (PEO) See also: Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Tribunals: www.payequity.gov.on.ca/peo/english/about_us.html
Provincial and Territorial Governments (Canada): www.canada.gc.ca/othergov/prov_e.html
Parental Leave See also: Parental Benefits, Maternity Benefits: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Pregnancy and Parental Leave
Parental Benefits See also: Parental Leave, Maternity Benefits
Pay Equity Commission See also: Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Tribunals: www.payequity.gov.on.ca
Pregnancy Benefits See Maternity Benefits, Parental Leave, Parental Benefits,
Pregnancy Leave See also: Maternity Benefits, Parental Benefits: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Pregnancy and Parental Leave
Premier of Ontario: Premier of Ontario
www.premier.gov.on.ca
Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews: Section 7: Guideline: Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews: How to Apply Section 7 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments
Publications: Publications Ontario
www.publications.gov.on.ca/english/
Public Holidays See also: Retail Workers, Overtime: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Public Holidays

Refugees See also: Citizenship, Immigration, Visas, Work Permits: www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees
Record of Employment (ROE): bsa.cbsc.org/gol/bsa/site.nsf/en/su07033.html#a5
Retail Workers: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Retail Workers
Room and Board: Minimum Wage; Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Minimum Wage

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome): SARS
Section 7 (Occupational Health and Safety Act: Industrial Regulations) See Pre-Start Health and Safety Reviews
Separation Papers See Record of Employment
Severance pay See also: Termination, Layoff: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Termination of Employment and Severance
Sexual Harrassment: www.ohrc.on.ca
Smoking in the Workplace: Health and Safety FAQ: In the Workplace: What can a worker do about someone smoking at work?
Social Insurance Number (SIN): www.hrsdc.gc.ca/asp/gateway.asp?hr=en/cs/sin/010.shtml&hs;=sxn
Students See also: Youth Programs: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: What Young Workers Should Know

Small Business See: Business
Starting a Business See: Business
Statistics See Labour-Related Statistics
Statutes and Regulations See: Laws
Statutory holidays See:Public Holidays
Strikes: Labour Relations: FAQ

Taxes See Deductions: Canada Customs and Revenue Service
www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/menu-e.html; Taxes
www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/individuals/topics/income-tax/payments/menu-e.html
www.cbsc.org/; Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Harmonized Sales Tax (HST)
www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/home/gst-e.html; Child and Family Benefits
www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/benefits/menu-e.html; Ministry of Finance
www.fin.gov.on.ca
Technical Safety and Standards Association (TSSA) See also: Apprenticeship: www.tssa.org
Termination of Employment See also: Layoff, Severance: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Termination of Employment and Severance
Training See also: Apprenticeship, Certification: Technical Safety and Standards Association
www.tssa.org/; Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/training.html; Jobs, Workers, Training and Careers
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/menu/jobs.shtml

Unemployment Insurance Employment Insurance

Vacation (Pay / With Pay / Time) See also: Public Holidays, Personal Emergency Leave: Employment Standards Fact Sheet: Vacation
Visas See also: Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship, Work Permits: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/index.html

West Nile Virus: West Nile Virus
Work Permits See also: Citizenship, Immigration, Refugees, Visas: Work Permits
www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS): Guide: Guide to Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) See also: Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Tribunals: http://www.wsiat.on.ca/
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) See also: Agencies, Boards, Commissions and Tribunals: http://www.wsib.on.ca/
Work Refusal See also: Joint Health and Safety Committees: Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act: Work Refusal
Wrongful Dismissal See Dismissal
WHMIS See Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System , Health and Safety

Youth Programs See also: Students, Apprenticeship, Training, Jobs: Ministry of Education/Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/welcome.html; Training and Jobs
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/training.html; Career Gateway
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/career/; Summer Employment Programs
www.summer.mbs.gov.on.ca/english/index.html; Youth Opportunities Ontario
youthjobs.gov.on.ca; Future Entrepreneurs
www.sbe.gov.on.ca/ontcan/sbe/en/youth_future_en.jsp