Bill 71 explained in plain English
Protecting Child Performers Act, 2013
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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The Protecting Child Performers Act, 2013, establishes new rules and protections for children working in the Ontario entertainment industry.
This Ontario bill, the Protecting Child Performers Act, 2013, aims to safeguard children working in the live and recorded entertainment industries. It sets rules for employers regarding disclosure of employment terms, tutoring, income protection, working hours, breaks, and adult supervision. The bill also addresses health and safety measures for child performers. Many of these provisions will be enforced as if they were part of the Employment Standards Act, 2000, and others as if they were part of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The Act specifies that if there's a conflict between its provisions and other agreements or laws, the rule offering the most protection to the child performer will apply.
- Establishes rules for employers in the live and recorded entertainment industries concerning child performers.
- Mandates disclosure of employment terms, including script content, working hours, and safety hazards, to parents or guardians before employing a child performer.
- Sets requirements for tutoring child performers who are of compulsory school age and absent from school.
- Requires employers to protect a portion of a child performer's income until they reach 18 years of age, with exceptions for unionized performers.
- Defines maximum working hours, break times, and supervision requirements for child performers based on age and industry.
- Includes provisions for the health and safety of child performers, including training and the right to refuse unsafe work.
- Specifies that if a conflict arises between this Act and other laws, contracts, or collective agreements, the rule providing the greatest protection to the child performer prevails.
- Child performers under 18 years old
- Parents and guardians of child performers
- Employers in the live entertainment industry
- Employers in the recorded entertainment industry
- Employers must disclose material terms of employment to parents/guardians.
- Child performers are entitled to be present at and participate in disclosure meetings.
- Employers must ensure child performers of compulsory school age receive tutoring if absent from school for specified periods.
- Employers must remit 25% of earnings over $1,000 to a trust for the child performer until age 18.
- Employers must adhere to specific limits on working hours and break times for child performers.
- Employers must designate a child coordinator and child supervisors in certain situations.
- Parents/guardians have the right to exercise a child performer's right to refuse unsafe work.
- Employers must provide training on health and safety procedures to child performers and their parents/guardians.
- The Act comes into force six months after receiving Royal Assent.
- Employers must remit 25% of a child performer's earnings over $1,000 to a trust fund until the child turns 18.
- Employers are responsible for travel, accommodation, and daily expenses for parents or guardians accompanying a child performer on overnight travel.
- Parts II, III, and IV are enforced under the Employment Standards Act, 2000.
- Part V is enforced under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- The Act does not define what constitutes 'prescribed' persons for holding money in trust or 'prescribed' employees who require a clean criminal record; these details will be specified in regulations.
- The definition of 'clean criminal record' is to be defined in regulations.
- Details regarding maximum daily expenses for parents or guardians during overnight travel are to be prescribed in regulations.
Parts II, III, and IV of the Protecting Child Performers Act, 2013, will be enforced as if they were part of the Employment Standards Act, 2000.
Source: Section 27(1)
Part V of the Protecting Child Performers Act, 2013, will be enforced as if it were part of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Source: Section 27(2)
The Act references the Education Act for the definition of 'school day' and requires tutoring to follow the curriculum prescribed or developed under it.
Source: Section 1(1) and Section 7(4)1
If a collective agreement requires it, money held in trust for a child performer must be dealt with in accordance with the Trustee Act.
Source: Section 8(2)(b)(ii)
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