Employment Standards

Inspections to protect workers’ rights and enhance employers’ awareness

Learn about new workplace rights and obligations.

Higher minimum wage and more rights for Ontario workers

Check the Guide to the Employment Standards Act.

• Are You Covered by the ESA?
• Your Guide to the ESA
• Young Workers
• What Businesses Need to Know

Employees who believe their employer is not complying with Ontario's employment standards can file a claim with the Ministry of Labour.

• Proactive Inspections
• Prosecution and Conviction Statistics
• Claim and Inspection Statistics

Our tools and calculators can help employers and employees understand and calculate entitlements for public holiday pay, termination pay, hours of work, overtime and more.

Employers and/or recruiters are legally required to provide employees with copies of these documents in certain circumstances.

• Employment Standards Poster
• Hours of Work and Overtime
• Temporary Help Agency Assignment Employees
• Your Rights Under the EPFNA
• Your Rights Under the ESA

For more information on employment standards and how they work, consult Your Guide to the ESA, 2000.

• New Year's Day: January 1, 2018
• Family Day: February 19, 2018
• Good Friday: March 30, 2018
• Victoria Day: May 21, 2018
• Canada Day: July 2, 2018
• Labour Day: September 3, 2018
• Thanksgiving Day: October 8, 2018
• Christmas Day: December 25, 2018
• Boxing Day: December 26, 2018

Learn more about public holidays or calculate your public holiday pay.

• Deductions From Wages
• Hours of Work / Overtime
• Internships
• Leaves
• Minimum Wage

• Public Holidays
• Temporary Help Agencies
• The difference between an employee and independent contractor
• Vacations