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Under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), employers can need a staff member to supply evidence affordable in the circumstances that they are entitled to authorized leave under the ESA.
Effective October 28, 2024, employers can not require workers to supply a certificate from a qualified health professional (a medical note). A “competent health professional” is a person who is certified to practise as a physician, registered nurse or psychologist under the laws of the jurisdiction in which care or treatment is supplied to the worker.
ESA optimum fines
A prosecution might be commenced under Part III of the Provincial Offences Act where a person is believed to have actually committed an offence under the ESA. If founded guilty, a person might be subject to a fine or a regard to jail time or both.
As of October 28, 2024, the maximum fine for people convicted of contravening the ESA has actually increased to $100,000 (up from $50,000).
Definition of staff member
The Employment Standards Act (ESA) specifies an employee to include a person who:
– performs work for a company for salaries
– materials services to a company for wages
– gets training from an employer, if the ability they’re being trained on is a skill used by the company’s workers
– is a homeworker
– was a worker
On March 21, 2024, the meaning of “training” was expanded to consist of work performed throughout a trial period. A staff member now includes an individual who performs work during a trial duration for an employer, if the skills being examined during the trial period are abilities utilized by the company’s employees or could be utilized by employees if there are no other staff members. This implies the hours worked throughout the trial duration should be counted as work time. Find out more about what counts as work time.
Deductions from salaries
The ESA forbids companies from making reductions from salaries when the employer had a money shortage, lost home or had property taken and a person other than the employee had access to the cash or residential or commercial property.
On March 21, 2024, the ESA was modified to verify that this includes deductions from incomes in “dine and dash”, “gas and dash” and other similar situations.
Payment of earnings – direct deposit
The ESA requires employers to pay wages by money, cheque or direct deposit. If the salaries are paid by direct deposit, the account should remain in the employee’s name and nobody other than the worker can have access to the account, unless the worker has actually licensed it.
Effective June 21, 2024, an extra requirement will remain in location if the employer desires to pay salaries by direct deposit: the account needs to be chosen by the staff member. This means the staff member needs to choose which account to utilize and the employer can not restrict a staff member’s section by, for instance, needing the staff member to use an account at a particular monetary institution.
For payments that are to be made after June 20, 2024, an employee can choose the account where their earnings are to be transferred. If an employer previously limited an employee’s account choice – for instance, by needing them to use an account at a particular banks – it is the company’s obligation to confirm the worker’s choice of their wanted account before they make the next payment after June 20, 2024. A staff member can also notify their employer that they want their salaries deposited to a different account and, when that takes place, the employer should make the change.
Vacation pay agreements
The ESA allows a company to pay getaway pay to a staff member on every pay cheque as it builds up or at any agreed-upon time, employment but only with the arrangement of the employee. Find out more about when to pay holiday pay.
June 21, 2024, the ESA is amended to clarify that the staff member must make an arrangement with the company in order for the employer to be able to pay getaway pay on every pay cheque or at an agreed-upon time. This verifies that such contracts can not be spoken and must be made in composing (consisting of electronically), constant with how the ministry implements the ESA.
Tips or other gratuities – techniques of payment
Beginning June 21, 2024, companies will be needed to pay tips or other gratuities by either:
– money
– cheque
– direct deposit
If payment is by cash or cheque, the worker must be paid the suggestions or other gratuities at the workplace or at some other location consented to electronically or in writing by the worker.
If payment is made by direct deposit, the account must be picked by the staff member and be in the worker’s name. Nobody other than the worker can have access to the account, unless the employee has actually licensed it.
The requirement that the staff member choose the account implies the staff member needs to choose which account to utilize, and the employer can not restrict a worker’s selection by, for instance, requiring the employee to use an account at a specific banks.
For payments that are to be made after June 20, 2024, a worker has the right to select the account where their suggestions are to be transferred. If an employer formerly limited a staff member’s account choice – for instance, by requiring them to use an account at a particular financial organization – it is the employer’s duty to verify the employee’s selection of their wanted account before they make the next payment after June 20, 2024. An employee can also inform their employer that they want their pointers deposited to a different account and, when that takes place, the employer should make the change.
Tips sharing policy
The ESA permits employers, in addition to directors and shareholders of a company, to share in tips, if specified requirements are met.
Effective June 21, 2024, where an employer has a policy about the company, director or investor of the company, sharing in a tip pool, the employer will be required to post a copy of that policy in a plainly visible location in the office where it is likely to come to the attention of employees.
The requirement to publish a policy does not require an employer to establish a policy. It uses if an employer has a written policy in place or if an employer has a recognized practice of sharing in a pointer pool that is regularly used (even if it’s not made a note of). If the employer has an unwritten however recognized, consistently-applied practice in place, the employer must put the policy in composing and publish a copy of the policy.
The ESA does not define the details that must appear in the policy, as long as the posted file is a true copy of the policy that is in place and clearly mentions that the employer or a director or investor of the employer shares in the idea pool.
Effective, June 21, 2024, employment companies will also be required to keep a copy of every pointers sharing policy that is required to be posted for 3 years after the policy stops being in effect.
Job publishing requirements
On a date to be set by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, changes will enter into force that develop new requirements for companies related to openly advertised job posts.
Temporary help agency and recruiter licensing
Beginning on July 1, 2024 under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA):
– Temporary help agencies are needed to hold a licence to operate.Clients are forbidden from knowingly engaging or using the services of a short-term assistance firm unless the firm holds a licence. (Find out more about the relationship in between short-term aid agencies and clients.).
– Employers, prospective employers and other recruiters are forbidden from knowingly engaging or employment utilizing the services of any employer that does not hold a licence.
Where applications are made before July 1, 2024 and a choice is pending, there is a transitional rule that will use.
On April 29, 2024, O. Reg. 99/23 – Licensing Temporary Help Agencies and Recruiters was modified. The modifications consist of:
– Adding a surety bond as a new appropriate form of security for all applicants,.
– excusing particular recruiters from the security requirement under specified conditions,.
– altering the application cost and security requirements for entities applying both for a short-lived aid company and an employer licence.
The ministry’s licensing web page has actually been updated to reflect these changes. Please check out that website for information.