Bill 55 explained in plain English
Fairness for the Auto Sector Act (Employment Standards), 2018
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 3rd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 55, the Fairness for the Auto Sector Act (Employment Standards), 2018, amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000 to ensure that industry-specific regulations for leaves of absence do not negatively affect employee entitlements and rights.
This bill proposes changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000, specifically concerning leaves of absence. The main purpose is to prevent regulations that are specific to certain industries from negatively impacting an employee's rights and entitlements related to leaves of absence. It also states the short title of the Act as the "Fairness for the Auto Sector Act (Employment Standards), 2018" and sets a commencement date of one year after Royal Assent.
- Amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000 to add a new subsection (2.5) to Section 141.
- This new subsection prevents regulations made under specific paragraphs (3, 6, or 7) of subsection (1) of Section 141 from detrimentally affecting an employee's entitlements and rights under Part XIV of the Act regarding leaves of absence.
- Amends subsection 141 (6) of the Act to include a reference to the new subsection (2.5), ensuring that regulations are made subject to this new restriction.
- Establishes that the Act will come into force one year after it receives Royal Assent.
- Provides a short title for the Act as the "Fairness for the Auto Sector Act (Employment Standards), 2018".
- Employees in Ontario
- Employers in Ontario
- The Government of Ontario (in its ability to create industry-specific regulations)
- Employees have rights and entitlements under Part XIV of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 related to leaves of absence.
- Regulations made under specific parts of Section 141 of the Act are prohibited from negatively affecting these employee rights and entitlements.
- The Act comes into force one year after it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill text does not specify which specific industry regulations under paragraphs 3, 6, or 7 of subsection (1) of Section 141 are most impacted, beyond stating they cannot 'detrimentally affect' employee entitlements and rights.
- The exact definition of 'detrimentally affect' in this context is not further elaborated in the provided text.
- The bill text does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, therefore the commencement date is not a fixed calendar date at this time.
Adds a new rule stating that industry-specific regulations concerning leaves of absence cannot reduce an employee's rights and entitlements under Part XIV. It also amends an existing section to reflect this new rule.
Source: Section 1 of the bill
Adds a new subsection (2.5) that restricts the ability of regulations made under certain paragraphs to negatively impact an employee's rights and entitlements regarding leaves of absence. Also amends subsection (6) to refer to this new restriction.
Source: Section 1 of the bill
Employee entitlements and rights under this Part concerning leaves of absence cannot be negatively affected by certain regulations.
Source: Section 1 (adding subsection (2.5) to Section 141)
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