Enforcement of Ontario's Employment Standards Act: The Impact of Reforms

John Grundy, Andrea M. Noack, Leah F. Vosko, Rebecca Casey and Rebecca Hii

Canadian Public Policy, 2017, vol. 43, issue 3, 190-201

Abstract: This article examines the impact of recent reforms on the enforcement of the Ontario Employment Standards Act (2000). It analyzes changes to complaints processing before and after the implementation of the Open for Business Act (2010), part of which aimed to streamline workplace regulation. Drawing on a previously untapped source of information on employment standards enforcement, the Ministry of Labour's Employment Standards Information System, we argue that reforms to enforcement under the Open for Business Act appear to have eroded both the accessibility of the complaints system and the remedies available to complainants. By way of conclusion, the article outlines measures that hold the potential to strengthen the complaints system in Ontario.

Date: 2017
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