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Following the recent changes to the Employment Standards
Act, 2000 (the "ESA") made by Bill 47,
Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018, the Ontario
Ministry of Labour (the "MOL") has released a new version
of the ESA poster (Version 8.0). This poster lays out key ESA
standards and directs employees how to learn more about their
rights.
As per Section 2 of the ESA , employers are required
to:
post the most recent copy of the ESA
poster (Version 8.0) in at least one conspicuous place where it is
likely to come to the attention of employees;
provide each employee a copy of the
most recent poster;
provide each new employee a copy of
the poster within 30 days of their hiring date;
post a translated copy of the poster
alongside the English version (if the majority language spoken in
the workplace is a language other than English and the MOL has
published a poster for that language).
Employers may provide the poster as a printed copy,
electronically as an attachment in an email, or by directing
employees via an electronic link to the poster – but only if
the employer ensures that the employee can reasonably access and
print the poster.
As previously
reported, Ontario's recent Bill 66, Restoring
Ontario's Competitiveness Act, 2018, would remove the
requirement to post the ESA posters in the workplace, although
employers would still will be required to provide the ESA poster to
employees.
Bill 66 is currently at First Reading. Until Bill 66 becomes
law, it is important for Ontario employers to stay in compliance
with the current statutory requirements and continue to post the
ESA poster in their workplace.
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guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought
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