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ARTICLE · 18 SEPTEMBER 2009

New Obligations For Temporary Help Agencies In Ontario

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The Ontario legislature has passed the Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009, which amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the Act) to include specific obligations for temporary help agencies with respect to their employees.

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The Ontario legislature has passed the Employment Standards Amendment Act (Temporary Help Agencies), 2009, which amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the Act) to include specific obligations for temporary help agencies with respect to their employees. The following highlights some of the key provisions in the amendments.

The amendments define "Assignment Employees" as individuals employed by a temporary help agency for the purpose of being assigned to perform work on a temporary basis for clients of the agency. The amendments clarify that the temporary help agency is in fact the employer of the Assignment Employees and that Assignment Employees do not cease to be employees of the agency because they have been assigned by the agency to perform work for a client on a temporary basis, or because they are not assigned to perform work for a client.

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