Employment Law

The Employment Stands Act (ESA) is a law in Ontario that protects workers' rights.  This law tells employers how to treat their workers fairly.  The ESA protects most workers in Ontario, however, it does not apply to workers in federally regulated industries, such as banks and transportation.

The ESA has rules that employers must follow. The ESA tells employers what they can and cannot do.  For example:
- The hours your work
- What the minimum wage is and being paid for
   overtime.
- How much vacation time do you get and when
   do you get vacation pay.
- Your rights to public holidays.
- Your sick days and personal emergency leave
- Parental and pregnancy leave.
- Family medical leave, 
- Family caregiver leave.
- Crime-related child death or disappearance leave
- Critical ill childcare leave.
- Termination or severance pay.
- Filing of a claim.
- Health and Safety rights.
- Free from discrimination rights.

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