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OntarioDid Not Pass39th Parliament, 2nd Session

Bill 57 explained in plain English

Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2010

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
39th Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 57
Full title
Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2010
Current status
Did Not Pass
Latest event
Lost on recorded division
Last updated
May 20, 2010

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Lost on recorded division
Latest Activity
May 20, 2010
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

The Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2010, limits public sector employee salaries to twice the Premier's salary, with exceptions for pre-existing salaries and those under collective agreements.

What It Means

This Act, titled the Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2010, sets a limit on the annual salaries of public sector employees in Ontario. It states that no public sector employee's salary can be more than double the Premier's annual salary. However, there are exceptions for salaries that were already in place before the Act came into effect, or for salaries that are set through a collective agreement. If this Act conflicts with another law, this Act takes precedence.

What This Bill Does
  • Establishes a maximum annual salary for public sector employees.
  • Specifies that this maximum salary is twice the Premier's annual salary.
  • Provides exceptions for salaries established before the Act came into force.
  • Provides exceptions for salaries established under a collective agreement.
  • States that this Act prevails in cases of conflict with other legislation.
Who Is Affected
  • Public sector employees in Ontario
  • The Premier of Ontario (whose salary is used as a benchmark)
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Public sector employees have a right to an annual salary that does not exceed twice the Premier's annual salary, subject to exceptions.
  • Public sector employees whose salaries were established before the Act came into force are exempt from the salary cap.
  • Public sector employees whose salaries are established under a collective agreement are exempt from the salary cap.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The exact amount of the Premier's annual salary, which determines the cap, is not specified within this Act but is referenced from the Executive Council Act.
  • The specific scope of 'public sector employee' is defined by reference to another Act, the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996, which is not included in this text.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996
definition reference

Defines 'public sector employee' and 'salary' by referring to this Act.

Source: Section 1

Executive Council Act
reference

References the Premier's annual salary as defined in this Act to set the salary cap.

Source: Section 2

Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2010
creation

This is the Act itself, establishing the salary cap and related provisions.

Source: All Sections

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
May 6, 2010
Step 2
Second reading
May 20, 2010
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Andrea Horwath
Sponsor party or district not listed
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

How this data is sourced