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This factsheet has information on minimum wages, hours of work, pay for overtime, holidays, and vacation, deductions from pay, personal emergency leave, and termination.

Available in:
English
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

The Workers' Action Centre has legal information in a number of languages on topics related to workers' rights.

Available in:
English, Bengali (Bengali), Chinese (中文), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), Somali (Afsoomaali), Spanish (español), Tamil (தமிழ்)
Produced by:
Workers' Action Centre
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This is information in question-and-answer form about EI maternity and parental benefits.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

If Service Canada makes a decision on your application for EI benefits that you do not agree with, you can request a reconsideration of that decision. Topics covered here include:

  • How to submit a request for reconsideration
  • How...
Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This section of the Government of Canada website covers: What caregiving benefits offer, Eligibility, How to apply, After you've applied, While receiving benefits, and Information for medical professionals.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

Critical illness leave is unpaid job-protected leave of absence of up to 37 weeks in relation to a critically ill minor child, or 17 weeks in relation to a critically ill adult within a 52-week period.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

Steps to Justice is a website that empowers people in Ontario to understand and take action to deal with their legal problems. It gives comprehensive online information on common legal problems...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This website publishes the daily court lists for the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) and the Ontario Court of Justice. The daily court lists include the case name, time, room number, and reason for the court appearance.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

Information on the Government of Canada Employment Sickness Benefit web page includes: Overview, Eligibility, How much you could receive, What you need before you start, Apply, After you've applied, While on EI, Rights and responsibilities.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This website includes information about Employment Insurance services, laws and regulations, publications, consultations, and statistics.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This section of the Ministry of Labour's website has links to Employment Standards and Health and Safety videos and photos, as well as the Ministry's Ontario at Work channels on YouTube.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This section of the Ontario Ministry of Labour website has information about Family Medical Leave, which is unpaid, job-protected leave of up to eight weeks in a 26-week period. Topics covered include eligibility and related information.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This section of the Ontario Ministry of Labour's website has information about Family Caregiver Leave, which is unpaid, job-protected leave of up to eight weeks per calendar year per specified family member. It covers eligibility and and...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This section of the Ministry of Labour website has information on daily and weekly limits to hours of work, valid exceptions to limits on hours of work, hours free from work, exceptional circumstances, and eating periods and breaks. 

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

Severance pay is compensation that is paid to a qualified employee who has his or her employment "severed." It compensates an employee for losses (such as loss of seniority) that occur when a long-term employee loses his or her job. This resource...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This calculator provides the calculation for public holiday pay in Ontario. There is information about employees in industries that are exempt from public holiday pay rules, industries with special rules about holidays, and substitute holidays.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This is a basic overview of your rights at work under the Employment Standards Act (ESA). It looks at topics such as signing a contract, minimum wage, hours of work, overtime, and more. It also looks at who is covered under the ESA, and how to protect...

Available in:
English, Chinese (中文), Spanish (español), Tamil (தமிழ்)
Produced by:
Workers' Action Centre
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Booklet/PDF

This resource explains how the Employment Standards Act protects workers in Ontario. It answers questions such as, 

  • My employer says I am not covered under the ESA. Is this true?
  • What are my rights?
  • I was punished...
Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

This is information from the Ontario Ministry of Labour that discusses an employee's right to refuse a lie detector test. It covers prohibition of testing, an employee's right to refuse, disclosure, and use of lie dectectors by the police.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web

The Employment Standards branch of the Ministry of Labour has information on vacation time and vacation pay, and what employees are entitled to for both.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced/Updated In:
2019
Format:
Web