Publications
These publications are provided for your information and convenience
only. They are not legal documents.
Ontario's laws, including the Employment
Standards Act, 2000 and its regulations,
are available for everyone to read at www.e-laws.gov.on.ca.
The authoritative text is set out in the official volumes and in office consolidations
printed and available for purchase by Publications Ontario.
Before you read these documents, please review our General Information Fact Sheet and find out if the ESA applies to you.
The Ministry of Labour has also posted multilingual PDF
versions of some of these documents to increase access to clear and concise information
about the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and to
help agencies and associations deliver this information to employers and employees
across Ontario.
Poster
The poster, "What You Should Know About the Ontario Employment Standards Act", outlines employees’ rights and employers’ responsibilities at work and must be posted in most workplaces. Version 3.0 has been published to replace the poster currently posted in workplaces (Version 2.0).
General Information
- FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
- Your Rights at Work: Employment Standards Act [ Brochure ]
- Protecting Employees: Information on How You are Protected [ Brochure ]
- How are You Covered by the ESA? [ Fact Sheet ]
Filing a Claim
- Employee Self Help Kit
- Claim Form and Guide [ Form and Guide]
- Claim Your Rights: A step-by-step guide on How to File a Claim [ Brochure ]
- How to File a Claim [ Fact Sheet ]
Leaves
Pregnancy and Parental Leave
- Leaves of Absence: An introduction to Pregnancy, Parental, Personal Emergency and Family Medical Leaves [ Brochure ]
- Pregnancy Leave & Parental Leave [ Fact Sheet ]
Family Medical Leave
- Ontario's Family Medical Leave
- Family Medical Leave [ Fact Sheet ]
- Leaves of Absence: An introduction to Pregnancy, Parental, Personal Emergency and Family Medical Leaves [ Brochure ]
Personal Emergency Leave
- Personal Emergency Leave [ Fact Sheet ]
- Leaves of Absence: An introduction to Pregnancy, Parental, Personal Emergency and Family Medical Leaves [ Brochure ]
Hours of Work and Averaging Hours
- Hours of Work & Overtime [ Fact Sheet ]
- Hours of Work: Daily Rest Provision and Provision for Rest in Between Shifts Sections 18(1) and 18(3) [ Information Bulletin]
- Hours of Work and Averaging Hours [ Form ]
- Employer's Guide to the Application Process [ Guide ]
- Information for Employees: About Hours of Work and Overtime Pay [ Information Sheet ]
- Pending Approval for Excess Weekly Hours of Work: Conditions and the 30-Day Period
- Pending Approval to Average Hours of Work for Overtime Pay Purposes: Conditions and the 30-Day Period
- News Releases etc.
Other Topics
- Agricultural Workers [ Fact Sheet ]
- Domestic Workers [ Fact Sheet ]
- Homeworkers [ Fact Sheet ]
- Minimum Wage [ Fact Sheet ]
- Public Holidays [ Fact Sheet ]
- Retail Workers [ Fact Sheet ]
- Role of the Ministry of Labour [ Fact Sheet ]
- Termination of Employment & Severance Pay [ Fact Sheet ]
- Vacation [ Fact Sheet ]
- What Young Workers Should Know [ Fact Sheet ]
More Information
Employment Standards Information Centre
416-326-7160 (Greater Toronto Area)
1-800-531-5551 (toll free Canada-wide)
1-866-567-8893 (TTY for hearing impaired)
For your convenience, many of these documents are provided, in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view and print PDF files, you need to have Adobe Acrobat® Reader 4.0, or later, installed on your computer. You can download this free software from Adobe.
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