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Bill 49 explained in plain English

Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2013

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
40th Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 49
Full title
Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2013
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Ordered for Third Reading
Last updated
Dec 4, 2013

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th 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
Ordered for Third Reading
Latest Activity
Dec 4, 2013
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 Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2013, amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000, to prohibit employers from taking any portion of an employee's tips or other gratuities.

What It Means

This bill amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000, to add rules about tips and other gratuities. It states that employers cannot take any part of an employee's tips or other gratuities. The bill also gives itself a short title: the Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2013. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Prohibits employers from taking any portion of an employee's tips or other gratuities.
  • Amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000, by adding a new Part (Part V.1) related to tips and other gratuities.
  • Establishes the short title of the Act as the Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2013.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Employers in Ontario
  • Employees in Ontario who receive tips or other gratuities
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Employees have the right to retain all of their tips and other gratuities.
  • Employers have an obligation not to take any portion of an employee's tips or other gratuities.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill text does not specify any penalties or enforcement mechanisms for employers who violate this provision.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Employment Standards Act, 2000
amends

Adds Part V.1, which prohibits employers from taking any portion of an employee's tips or other gratuities.

Source: Section 1

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
Apr 10, 2013
Step 2
Second reading
May 30, 2013
Step 3
Committee review
Dec 4, 2013
Step 4
Third reading
Date not listed
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

Sponsor
Michael Prue
Sponsor party or district not listed
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

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