Protecting Our Future: Information For Young Workers
If you're starting out in the workforce in Ontario, this page will give you access to the information you need to protect your health and safety and understand your employment rights. It also has a great deal of other handy information and useful links.
WorkSmartOntario is the Ministry of Labour’s official website for young and new workers. Find out how to be safe at work and how to be treated fairly. www.WorkSmartOntario.gov.on.ca
Passport to Safety is an innovative national health and safety on-line test, offering teens, workers 20 and over and supervisors the opportunity to test their health and safety knowledge.
Youngworker.ca is the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s website for its Young Worker Awareness Program.
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Youth Action Group Set to Begin WorkThe Minister of Labour has set up an Action Group on Vulnerable Workers Under 25 to help find new and innovative ways of reducing workplace injuries and deaths in this hard-to-reach group. There are excellent programs for Ontario secondary school students that have proven to reduce injuries. However, there is still a large problem reducing serious and fatal injuries among youth under the age of 25 who go directly to the workforce from secondary school. (See selected references) Minister Steve Peters will chair the group, which is made up of young people, labour market experts, specialists and others involved with identifying issues and creating solutions for this vulnerable part of the workforce. If you think you have ideas that can help, please contact us at: YoungWorkers@mol.gov.on.ca |
Ministry of Labour Information for Young WorkersThe Ministry of Labour has important information to help young people and others about to enter the workforce for the first time. Health and Safety
More Information on Health and SafetyHave a safety concern about your job? You can contact the Ministry of Labour. An inspector can check the situation. Employment StandardsThe Employment Standards Act, 2000, known as the ESA, is a law that sets the minimum standards for fair workplace practices in Ontario. General Information
Filing a ClaimIf you think your employer is not following the ESA law and you are not attaining your rights, contact the Employment Standards Information Centre. After speaking with us, you may decide to file a claim. More Information on Employment Standards |
