LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Employer, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act, Forego
1 Dec 2018
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The primary statutory instrument regarding employment in ontario is the employment standards act, 2000 (esa) and its regulations. They are minimum requirements only: the employer is contractually bound to any greater right or benefit that the esa provides to the employee, the enforcement of rights is complaint-based. Scope of wage regulation: the esa excludes certain categories of workers from minimum wage and entitlement to overtime pay, certain categories of workers have a different minimum wage, ref. 285/01, s. 5: wage discrimination, equal pay for equal work laws. Require equal pay for substantially similar work. Box 21. 4 (p. 280: equal pay for work of equal value laws (pay equity) Address wage discrimination in female-dominated jobs. (ref. applicable steps on pp. Exemption for supervisory or managerial employees: exemption from overtime pay remains in effect if they engage in non-managerial work, provided they do so on an irregular or exceptional basis.
