Bill 177 explained in plain English
Public Sector Salary Disclosure Amendment Act, 2011
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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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.
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This bill amends the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996, to include severance payments in the annual disclosure of public sector employee compensation, with specific requirements for payments over $100,000.
Bill 177, the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Amendment Act, 2011, amends the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. The main purpose of this bill is to require public sector employers to include severance payments in their annual salary disclosure reports. Currently, these reports include salaries and benefits for employees earning $100,000 or more. This bill adds severance payments to this disclosure requirement. It also specifies that severance payments over $100,000 must be promptly disclosed to the public. A definition for 'severance payment' is also introduced, referring to amounts paid as a retiring allowance under the Income Tax Act (Canada).
- Amends the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996.
- Requires public sector employers to disclose severance payments made to employees.
- Includes severance payments in the total compensation threshold of $100,000 for disclosure.
- Requires prompt public disclosure of severance payments exceeding $100,000.
- Adds a definition for "severance payment" to the Act.
- Consequentially amends various sections of the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996, to incorporate references to severance payments.
- Public sector employers in Ontario
- Public sector employees in Ontario who receive severance payments
- The public in Ontario
- Public sector employers are obligated to disclose severance payments.
- Public sector employers must make severance payments of $100,000 or more available for public inspection.
- Public sector employers must promptly disclose severance payments exceeding $100,000.
- The public has the right to inspect records of severance payments of $100,000 or more without charge.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Severance payments are now included in the $100,000 disclosure threshold for public sector compensation.
- Severance payments over $100,000 require specific disclosure actions by employers.
- The bill text does not specify penalties for non-compliance with the disclosure requirements.
- The specific meaning or interpretation of "promptly" in relation to the disclosure of severance payments is not defined.
Changes the requirements for disclosing public sector employee compensation to include severance payments. It also introduces a definition for 'severance payment' and makes consequential amendments throughout the Act.
Source: Explanatory Note, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Provides the definition of "severance payment" by referencing amounts required to be included in income as a retiring allowance under a specific section of this Act.
Source: Section 2 (2)
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