On November 21, 2018, Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for
Business Act, passed third reading and received Royal
Assent.
With respect to the Employment Standards Act, 2000,
there were no further changes to the version of Bill 47 that was
introduced in the Legislature on October 23, 2017. The only item
that has now been clarified is that many of the changes will take
effect on January 1, 2019, as was anticipated. This date is
significant for a number of reasons:
- Bill 148 changes:
Although Bill 148 was passed almost exactly a year ago on November
22, 2017, it included provisions that had a delayed implementation
date of January 1, 2019, including provisions relating to
scheduling (e.g. the 96-hour rule, on-call pay, etc.). Due to the
passage of Bill 47, those provisions will never come into
force.
