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ARTICLE · 04 MARCH 2022

Working For Workers Act, 2022 Introduced And Carried At First Reading

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On the heels of the passage of the Working for Workers Act, 2021, Ontario introduced Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88) on February 28, 2022, and carried it at First Reading.

CanadaEmployment and HR
Rhonda B. Levy
Rhonda B. Levy
Barry Kuretzky
Barry Kuretzky
George Vassos
George Vassos

On the heels of the passage of the Working for Workers Act, 2021, Ontario introduced Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022 (Bill 88) on February 28, 2022, and carried it at First Reading.1 If passed in its current form, Bill 88 would enact the new Digital Platform Workers' Rights Act, 2022 (DPWRA), and make amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), the Fair Access to Regulation Professions and Compulsory Trades Act, 2006 (FARPCTA), and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). Bill 88 would come into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

We discuss the developments proposed in Bill 88 below.

  1. Enactment of the New DPWRA

The DPWRA is set out at Schedule 1 of Bill 88. It would come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor. The DPWRA would establish foundational rights and protections for gig workers, which the bill describes as workers who provide "digital platform work," i.e., ride share, delivery,

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