Bill 136 explained in plain English
Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2013
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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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.
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The Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2013 limits public sector employee salaries to twice the Premier's salary, with specific exceptions.
This Act, called the Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2013, sets a limit on the 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 became law, salaries set by a collective agreement, and salaries for specific scientific or technical positions that may be defined by regulation.
- Establishes the Capping Top Public Sector Salaries Act, 2013.
- Sets a cap on the annual salary of public sector employees, limiting it to twice the Premier's annual salary.
- Provides exceptions to the salary cap for salaries established before the Act came into force, salaries established under a collective agreement, and salaries for certain prescribed scientific or technical positions.
- States that this Act prevails in case of conflict with any other Act.
- Empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations for prescribed scientific or technical positions.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Public sector employees in Ontario
- The Premier of Ontario
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council
- Public sector employees' annual salaries cannot exceed twice the Premier's annual salary, subject to exceptions.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council has the authority to make regulations concerning prescribed positions for scientific or technical work.
- This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent (November 25, 2013, based on the reading dates provided).
- Sets a maximum salary limit for certain public sector employees.
- The specific positions that qualify for the scientific or technical work exception are not detailed in the Act and would be subject to future regulation ('prescribed' positions).
- The exact amount of the Premier's annual salary is not stated in the Act but is referenced from the Executive Council Act.
Defines 'employee', 'public sector', and 'salary' for the purposes of this new Act.
Source: Section 1
References the Premier's annual salary as described in that Act for the purpose of setting the salary cap.
Source: Section 2
This is the Act itself, which enacts the provisions described.
Source: Preamble, Section 7
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