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ARTICLE · 29 APRIL 2026

Working For Workers Four Act: Evolving Litigation Risks In The Hiring Process

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Ontario's new employment transparency rules, effective January 1, 2026, mandate salary disclosure, AI usage notification, and candidate communication timelines in job postings. These requirements create extensive documentation that may serve as evidence in future employment disputes, fundamentally altering the legal landscape for both hiring practices and wrongful dismissal claims.

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Michael Ng
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Gareth Thorlakson
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Harleen Muker
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As of January 1, 2026, Ontario’s new job posting and hiring process rules are in force under the Employment Standards Act, 2000. The rules impose requirements concerning compensation disclosure, artificial intelligence disclosure, notice to interviewed candidates, and record retention. These measures aim to increase procedural transparency for job candidates. Lerners partners George Hamzo and Sarah McGuire recently provided an overview of the multiple changes aimed at transparency.

This article focuses on how the newly added transparency of the hiring process may present legal challenges that employers and employees should be mindful of.

Hiring Process Litigation May Become a Two-Way Street 

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