Employer not paying you? If your employer is not paying you, generally there are three avenues you can take to try and recoup your unpaid funds. (1) you can call the Ministry of Labour, (2) you can hire a lawyer to demand the unpaid salary or sue them or (3) litigate it yourself at the …
Employment Standards
Severance pay works by the employer providing you pay in lieu of it having to give you advanced “notice” that your employment will be terminated. For example, let’s say your employer has to give you six months’ notice. Severance pay is just a cheque for six months pay instead of you being told you will …
Are you an independent contractor or an employee in Ontario? Many people in Ontario work as genuine independent contractors. Think of the people that come to your office to fix your IT as true independent contractors. However, some employers misclassify their employees as independent contractors to avoid paying certain monies that are required under Ontario’s …
No matter how an employee is paid (i.e. salary, hourly or purely commissioned based), every employee in Ontario is entitled to both vacation time and vacation pay. However, some employers wrongfully fail to pay vacation pay on all the different kinds of wages employees in Ontario earn like bonuses and commissions. The Difference between vacation …
In Ontario, deducting ‘negative’ vacation time from wages without a written authorization does not comply with employment standards legislation and is therefore illegal. For example, in Ontario, employees do not accrue paid vacation time until they have completed one year of service. Nevertheless, some employers, like banks and insurance companies, will permit their employees to …
This article has been updated on March 20, 2020, with news of proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act, but may still be out of date due to Ontario legislation changes resulting from COVID-19, which are currently in flux. Maximum sick leave in Ontario Section 50.2 of the Ontario Employment Standards Act (minimum statutory protections for Ontario …
Standard hours of work in Ontario are 44 hours or less per week. Employees are entitled to their regular wage rate for work during these 44 or fewer hours per week. If employees work more than the standard hours in a week, overtime kicks in and employees must be paid at the overtime rate. Overtime …
In Ontario, a layoff can be no longer than 13 weeks. Under section 56(2) of the Employment Standards Act, if the layoff is longer than 13 weeks, then the employee becomes terminated. In that case, the employee is likely entitled to pay in lieu of notice and severance. However, in rare circumstances, a layoff can …
THIS BLOG POST IS OUDTATED. Employment standards laws in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia prescribe minimum overtime pay, minimum statutory holiday pay, minimum vacation pay and minimum wage. Refer below for a basic summary of the amount Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia employers must pay their employees for overtime pay, statutory holiday pay, vacation pay …
In addition to paying base salary over the reasonable notice period (i.e. the severance period), must an employer pay an employee their usual commissions over the reasonable notice period? Yes, an employer is generally required to pay commissions over the whole reasonable notice period if the mode of remuneration of an employee usually includes commissions …