Ontario. Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. Employment Practices Branch

Site: Central Region West, Newmarket

Service: Ontario. Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. Employment Practices Branch, Central Region West, Newmarket

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Record #: NKT0571
Last Modified: 11 Oct 2024
Last Full Update: 29 Dec 2023

Contact Information

Office Phone Newmarket Office: 905-715-7020
Toll Free Phone 1-888-299-3138, Newmarket Office
TTY Phone 1-866-567-8893, Employment Standards Call Centre
Fax 905-715-7609
Website www.labour.gov.on.ca

Site Information

Description (Site) Cross streets: Leslie St and Davis Dr
Located In Community Newmarket
Address & Map
17345 Leslie St
Units 101 & 102
Newmarket, ON
Canada L3Y 0A4
 
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Intersection Leslie St and Davis Dr
Mailing Address 17345 Leslie St 
Units 101 & 102 
Newmarket, ON 
Canada L3Y 0A4
Physical Access Not applicable -- no walk-in service

Description and Service Details

Description (Service) Administers and enforces the Employment Standards Act, 2000

Guide to the Employment Standards Act, 2000

Provides for minimum terms and conditions of employment:
  • sets out maximum number of hours that can be worked in a day or week, minimum daily, weekly or biweekly rest periods, and rules for overtime pay
  • establishes the minimum wage rates
  • General rates, Oct 1, 2022: $15.50 per hour, increasing to $16.55 per hour Oct 1, 2023
  • Students under 18 years, Oct 1, 2022: $14.60 per hour, increasing to $15.60 Oct 1, 2023
  • establishes vacation pay and paid public holidays -- New Year's Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, Boxing Day
  • prohibits unequal pay for equal work on the basis of sex
  • prohibits discrimination on bases such as sex, age or marital status in employer-provided benefit plans
  • establishes entitlement to various categories of leave such as sick leave, pregnancy and parental leave, caregiver leave, or personal emergency leave
  • 8 days unpaid emergency leave per calendar year (3 days for personal illness; 3 days for family responsibilities such as illness of child or spouse; 2 days for bereavement leave)
  • forbids lie detector testing
  • obliges employers to provide notice of termination or pay in lieu
  • obliges employers to provide severance pay to terminated employees when applicable
  • permits retail store workers to refuse work on Sunday and public holidays under particular circumstances
  • protects the rights of domestic workers and homeworkers
Hours Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Areas Served Simcoe County ; York County
Eligibility Employees, including temporary foreign workers, or employers
Application No walk in service ; call for information ; online information or claim filing at www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/forms/claim
Languages Other - Other languages may be available
Fees None

Agency and Service Names

Alternate Name Ontario. Employment Practices Branch ; Ontario. Employment Standards Program
Former Name Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Employment Standards Program

Agency Information

Parent Agency Name Ontario. Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development. Employment Practices Branch
Legal Status (30) Provincial Government
Funding Provincial

Taxonomy and Classification

Service Categories Labour Standards and Practices ; Occupational Health and Safety ; Provincial/Territorial Government Departments ~ Labour Issues