Esheria Regulatory Atlas

Employment law in Canada — Ontario

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

1,022 matching statutes

• Canada — Ontario

  PROFESSIONAL FORESTERS ASSOCIATION

  1 provisions

  Professional foresters and Association members must follow the code of ethics, keep client/employer information confidential, and avoid listed misconduct.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARENESS AND TRAINING

  1 provisions

  Employers must ensure workers, supervisors, and some committee members complete required safety training, keep training records, and provide proof on request, subject to listed exemptions and timing rules.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Pay Transparency Act, 2018, S.O. 2018, c. 5

  1 provisions

  This Act requires certain employers to include expected pay information in some job postings, prepare and submit annual pay transparency reports, and prohibits employers from seeking applicant compensation history or retaliating against employees for pay-related actions.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19

  3 provisions

  This segment sets out core human rights protections, creates the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and gives the Commission inquiry and policy powers.

  Code Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE AND CRITICAL ILLNESS LEAVE

  1 provisions

  An employee must give the employer a copy of a specified document if the employer asks for it.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  REGISTERED CHARITIES

  1 provisions

  This Regulation sets rules for eligible employers that are registered charities with two or more qualifying charity campuses, including an exemption from some Ontario remuneration calculations and a special calculation method.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Ambulance Services Collective Bargaining Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 10

  1 provisions

  This Act sets special collective-bargaining rules for ambulance workers and employers, including a required essential ambulance services agreement and limits on strikes and lock-outs.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  GENERAL

  13 provisions

  This provision defines many pension-plan terms, including solvency-related concepts and how solvency deficiency is calculated for defined-benefit plans.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  RULES AND EXEMPTIONS RE JOB POSTINGS

  1 provisions

  Some employers are exempt if they have fewer than 25 employees, and employers who interview applicants for a publicly advertised job posting must give specified follow-up information within 45 days.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Income Tax Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I.2

  9 provisions

  This provision defines key terms and sets out who must pay Ontario income tax and the Ontario Health Premium, along with some exceptions and calculation thresholds.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Protecting Child Performers Act, 2015, S.O. 2015, c. 2

  1 provisions

  This Act sets rules for employing child performers, including disclosure, written agreements, travel supervision, pay-trust rules, work-hour limits, breaks, training, and food and safety protections.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  FIRST AID REQUIREMENTS

  1 provisions

  This provision sets first aid requirements for workplaces, including what stations, boxes, rooms, posting, records, inspections, and staffing employers must provide.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Pension Benefits Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.8

  12 provisions

  This provision defines key pension terms and sets basic rules for pension plan administration, registration, and who may administer a plan.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  WORKPLACE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INFORMATION SYSTEM (WHMIS)

  1 provisions

  This regulation sets WHMIS rules for hazardous products at workplaces, including assessments, labels, worker education, and safety data sheets.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  GENERAL

  1 provisions

  This provision sets payment and filing dates for employers, sets interest-rate calculation rules, and gives a tax exemption for certain charitable employers with employees working outside Canada.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  BENEFIT PLANS

  1 provisions

  This provision defines key benefit-plan terms and sets several exceptions allowing sex-, age-, and marital-status-based differences in pension, life insurance, disability, and health benefit plans, plus participation and contribution rules for certain leave and historical cases.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  STELCO INC. PENSION PLANS

  2 provisions

  This regulation sets funding, reporting, and wind-up rules for specified Stelco main pension plans, including required contributions and deadlines.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  CONFINED SPACES

  1 provisions

  This regulation sets safety rules for confined spaces, including written programs and plans, hazard assessment, training, permits, rescue procedures, testing, ventilation, PPE, attendants, and recordkeeping.

  Regulation Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1

  5 provisions

  This segment defines key terms and sets out who administers the Act, how inspectors and training standards are handled, and when health and safety representatives and committees are required.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Canada — Ontario

  CRITERIA TO BE USED AND OTHER MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD UNDER SUBSECTION 46 (6) OF ACT

  1 provisions

  The Board must consider the prescribed workplace health and safety matters when deciding an application under section 46.

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