Bill 22 explained in plain English
Helping Ontarians Enter the Skilled Trades 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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This bill amends the Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act to change the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons and removes the power to make regulations on this matter.
Bill 22, the Helping Ontarians Enter the Skilled Trades Act, 2013, amends the Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act. It changes the rules about the number of apprentices an employer can hire. Specifically, it sets a limit of one apprentice for each journeyperson working in a trade, with some conditions. It also removes the government's power to create regulations about these apprentice-to-journeyperson ratios. The bill also repeals a specific clause from the existing Act. The Act comes into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Changes the rules for how many apprentices an employer can hire in a skilled trade.
- Sets a maximum of one apprentice for each journeyperson working with that apprentice, with different rules if the employer is a journeyperson themselves.
- Removes the authority to create regulations about the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons.
- Repeals a specific clause from the Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act.
- Specifies that the changes apply despite existing regulations.
- Ensures that existing apprenticeship contracts continue until their completion date, unless terminated according to section 15 of the Act.
- Employers in skilled trades in Ontario.
- Apprentices in skilled trades in Ontario.
- Journeypersons in skilled trades in Ontario.
- Employers cannot hire more than one apprentice for each journeyperson with whom the apprentice is working, with specific conditions depending on whether the employer is a journeyperson.
- Existing apprenticeship contracts will continue until their completion date, even if they do not meet the new ratio requirements, unless terminated according to section 15.
- This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill text does not specify which specific trades are covered by the Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act.
- The bill text does not provide details on the process or criteria for terminating an apprenticeship contract under section 15.
This bill amends the Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act to change the rules about the number of apprentices an employer can hire in a trade. It sets new limits on the ratio of apprentices to journeypersons.
Source: Section 1 and Section 2
This section is amended to introduce new rules regarding the maximum number of apprentices an employer can hire. It specifies that the number of apprentices cannot exceed one apprentice for each journeyperson working with them, with slight variations based on whether the employer is a journeyperson.
Source: Section 1
This specific clause is removed from the Act.
Source: Section 2
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