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ARTICLE · 30 MAY 2019

Bill 8 – Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2019 Synopsis Of Changes

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Bill 8 – Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2019 had its First Reading on April 29. Expandable ‘Explanatory notes' are provided within this First Reading version of the bill.

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Bill 8 – Employment Standards Amendment Act, 2019 had its First Reading on April 29.  Expandable 'Explanatory notes' are provided within this First Reading version of the bill.

News release: Ministry of Labour news release, "Changes to employment standards will better protect children, support workers" (April 29, 2019):

Backgrounder: A Backgrounder is provided at the end of the news release.

A high-level synopsis of the significant changes (or not) is as follows:

  1. Temp agencies will need to be licensed (in case any of your businesses use them for staffing).
  2. Collective agreement provisions will need to meet or exceed the ESA requirements to replace (before just had to have a provision in CBA, on assumption that Union would ensure was at least as good).

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