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- Content last reviewed: August 2017
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Resources by Topic
- Bereavement Leave (Death in the Family)
- Building Service Providers
- Bankruptcy / Receivership
- Breaks / Eating Periods
- Continuity of Employment
- Deductions From Wages
- Domestic Workers
- Employment Standards Claims
- Family Medical Leave
- Farm / Agricultural Workers
- Federal Resources
- Foreign Nationals, Employment Protection
Bereavement Leave (Death in the Family)
- Bereavement Leave – Frequently Asked Questions
- Bereavement Leave - Guide
Bankruptcy / Receivership
Breaks
- Hours of Work: Daily Rest Provision and Provision for Rest in Between Shifts Sections 18(1) and 18(3) - Information Bulletin
- Eating Periods and Breaks - Guide
Deductions From Wages
Only under certain circumstances may an employer make deductions from an employee's wages. Deductions from wages are not allowed for a cash shortage, lost or stolen property if a person other than the employee had control over or access to the cash or property.
Employment Standards Claims
- Before You Start - Guide
- Employment Standards Claim Form - Form
- Filing an Employment Standards Claim - Guide
Harassment / Discrimination
- Harassment, sexual harassment and discrimination - Frequently Asked Questions
- Reprisals
Hours of Work / Overtime
- Hours of Work and Overtime Tool
- Hours of Work
- Hours of Work - Guide
- Information for Employees: About Hours of Work and Overtime Pay - Information Sheet
- Breaks / Eating periods
- Shift Work
- Hours of Work: Daily Rest Provision and Provision for Rest in Between Shifts Sections 18(1) and 18(3) - Fact Sheet
- Three Hour Rule
- Working Alone
- Working on Sundays
- Overtime - Averaging Hours - Excess Hours
- Overtime - Guide
Leaves
- Bereavement Leave - Guide
- Child Death Leave - Guide
- Crime-Related Child Disappearance Leave - Guide
- Critical Illness Leave - Guide
- Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave - Guide
- Family Caregiver Leave - Guide
- Family Medical Leave - Guide
- Family Responsibility Leave - Guide
- Organ Donor Leave - Guide
- Pregnancy Leave / Parental Leave - Guide
- Reservist Leave - Guide
- Sick leave - Guide
Letter of Credit
- Letter of Credit (for Orders to Pay Wages or Fees) - Information Sheet
- Letter of Credit (for Orders to Pay Compensation) - Information Sheet
- Template Letter of Credit
Job Loss
- Termination of Employment - Guide
- Termination Tool
- Notice of Termination - Guide
- Termination Pay - Guide
- Mass Termination - Guide
- Severance Pay - Guide
- Severance Tool
- Bankruptcy / Receivership
- Wrongful Dismissal - Guide
- Constructive Dismissal - Guide
Minimum Wage / Payment of Wages
- Minimum Wage
- Minimum Wage - Guide
- Minimum Wage Advisory Panel: Report and Recommendations - Report
- Wages
- Payment of Wages - Guide
- Room and Board
- Minimum Wage - Guide
- Agricultural Workers - Fact Sheet
- Domestic Workers - Fact Sheet
- Piece Work
- Homeworkers - Fact Sheet
- Agricultural Workers - Fact Sheet
- Overtime - Guide
- Deductions (e.g.taxes, cash shortages, uniforms)
- Vacation Pay
Minimum Wage Advisory Panel
Proactive Employment Standards Inspections
Ontario will help ensure fairness in the workplace by enhancing the enforcement of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), including the hiring of additional officers and staff.
The inspections are also aimed at educating employers and employees about their rights and responsibilities under the ESA, which sets minimum standards for entitlements such as wages, hours of work and public holidays.
Public Holidays
Sick Leave
- Sick Leave - Frequently Asked Questions
- Sick Leave - Guide
- Doctor's Appointments - Frequently Asked Questions
- Doctor's Notes - Guide
Small Business
Small businesses represent 95% of all employers in Ontario, and they employ 28% of Ontario’s workers. Business owners know that running a business involves risks and costs; we know that a commitment to health, safety and fairness makes good business sense.
Temporary Help Agencies
Temporary help agencies provide employees to client businesses that require staff on temporary assignments. This could be for short-term jobs that last for a few days or weeks, or long-term assignments that can last for several months or years.
Learn about the rights and rules that apply to assignment employees, temporary help agencies, and clients of temporary help agencies.
Working Alone
- Do employers have the right to schedule an employee to work an overnight shift alone? - Frequently Asked Questions
- Work in late night retail? Alone?
Working on Sundays
- Do employees get paid more for working Sundays, or for working late at night? - Frequently Asked Questions
- Retail Workers Sunday
- Young Workers
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