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Bill 172 explained in plain English

Fairness in Minimum Wage Act, 2017

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 172
Full title
Fairness in Minimum Wage Act, 2017
Current status
Did Not Pass
Latest event
Lost on division
Last updated
Nov 2, 2017

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st 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 division
Latest Activity
Nov 2, 2017
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

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Short Version

Bill 172, the Fairness in Minimum Wage Act, 2017, amends Ontario's Employment Standards Act, 2000, to set specific minimum wage rates and establish a new framework for annual adjustments.

What It Means

This bill, the Fairness in Minimum Wage Act, 2017, amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000, to change how the minimum wage in Ontario is determined and to set specific minimum wage rates for different employee categories at different times. It also changes the year from which annual adjustments to the minimum wage are made.

What This Bill Does
  • Sets new minimum wage rates for different types of employees, including hunting and fishing guides, homeworkers, and other employees.
  • Establishes these new rates for specific periods: from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018, and from January 1, 2019, to September 30, 2019.
  • Sets the minimum wage from October 1, 2019, onwards to be determined by an annual adjustment process.
  • Specifies that the annual adjustment to the minimum wage will occur on October 1 each year, starting in 2019.
  • Introduces a process for prescribing specific minimum wages for certain classes of employees, provided these prescribed wages are not lower than the general minimum wage that would otherwise apply.
  • Amends the year from which annual minimum wage adjustments are calculated, changing it from 2014 to 2018.
  • Repeals a subsection related to the calculation of the minimum wage.
  • Changes a reference year in relation to the minimum wage calculation from 2020 to 2024.
  • Updates a cross-reference in the Employment Standards Act, 2000, to reflect the new categories of employees for minimum wage determination.
Who Is Affected
  • Employees in Ontario
  • Employers in Ontario
  • Hunting and fishing guides
  • Homeworkers
  • Classes of employees for whom a minimum wage may be prescribed
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Employees have the right to a minimum wage as set out in the Act.
  • Employers have the obligation to pay at least the minimum wage to their employees.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
  • New minimum wage rates apply on or after January 1, 2018, but before January 1, 2019.
  • Further new minimum wage rates apply on or after January 1, 2019, but before October 1, 2019.
  • Minimum wage will be adjusted annually starting October 1, 2019.
  • The year for annual minimum wage adjustment calculation is updated to 2018.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The specific minimum wage amounts for classes of employees prescribed under subsection 23.1 (2) are not detailed in this bill text and would be found in regulations.
  • The bill does not specify what types of employees may be prescribed by regulation for a unique minimum wage.
  • The exact method of annual adjustment calculation for the minimum wage from October 1, 2019, onwards is not fully detailed in this bill text and may be further defined in regulations.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Employment Standards Act, 2000
amends

Changes the rules for determining the minimum wage by replacing existing subsections and adding new ones that set specific rates and dates for minimum wages, and outlines the process for annual adjustments. It also updates references to employee categories and calculation years.

Source: Section 1(1), 1(2), 1(3), 1(4), 1(5), 2

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
Oct 30, 2017
Step 2
Second reading
Nov 2, 2017
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
Cindy Forster
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.

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