Nov 2018 Charity & NFP Law Update
After being introduced by the Ontario Government only one month ago on October 23, 2018, Bill 47, Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 (“Bill 47”), received Royal Assent on November 21, 2018, making amendments to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) and other legislation. The passing of Bill 47 represents a significant roll-back of certain amendments to the ESA passed by the former Ontario Liberal government in 2017 pursuant to Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, which increased employee entitlements with respect to minimum wage, leaves of absences, scheduling, and more. Since almost all the latest ESA amendments introduced in Bill 47 will come into effect January 1, 2019, charities and not-for-profits have only a month to modify their policies and practices so as to bring them into compliance. As such, the focus of this Charity & NFP Bulletin is to provide a summary of the ESA changes made by Bill 47.
For the balance of this Bulletin, please see Charity & NFP Law Bulletin No. 436.