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Ontario - Compensation & Benefit Legislation

ONTARIO - AASHOWME

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ONTARIO - COST-OF-LIVING

ERI's Relocation Assessor is a recommended source for U.S./Canadian cost-of-living and U.S. Automobile Cost Survey.

ONTARIO - EMBASSY/CONSULATE

U. S. Embassy at Ottawa, Ontario

100 Wellington Street

Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5T1

Telephone: (613) 238-5335 or 238-4470

Fax: (613) 238-5720

Consular Section:

85 Albert Street - 8th Floor

Ottowa, Ontario K1P 5T1

Consulate General - Toronto

360 University Avenue (between Dundas and Queen Street)

Toronto, Ontario M5G 1S4

ONTARIO - GARNISHMENTS

Exemptions - 80% of the person’s wages are exempt.

Family Support Orders - Up to 50% of an employees wages may be deducted to pay a family support order.

Wage Assignments - An employee may assign a portion of wages to a credit union.

ONTARIO - GROUP HEALTH CODE ADDITIONS

Premiums: There are no premiums. Hospital and medical care premiums funded by a monthly payroll tax to the employer.

Eligibility - Every resident is required to register.

Waiting Period - If coming from outside Canada, eligibility is upon arrival. If coming from within Canada, there is a three month waiting period.

(Ontario Labour Standards)

ONTARIO - HOLIDAYS

New Year's, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, 26th of December.

Holiday Pay: Time + 1/2 plus regular pay or regular pay + alternative day.

(Ontario Labour Standards)

ONTARIO - JURY DUTY & WITNESS TIME OFF

The employer is required to grant leave, paid or unpaid, to any employee summoned for jury duty.

ONTARIO - MINIMUM AGE

 Minimum age in Ontario varies by industry. The minimum age is 16 in a logging operation, construction project or mine, 15 in a factory, and 14 in any other workplace.

ONTARIO - MINIMUM REMUNERATION

Minimum Remuneration:

• General Minimum Wage: $6.85 per hour (effective effective January 1, 1995).

• Liquor Server Minimum Wage: $5.95 per hour (effective January 1, 1995).

 

Minimum Daily Remuneration: 3 hours.

 

Overtime: Time + 1/2 over 44 hours per week.

 

(Ontario Labour Standards)

 

ONTARIO - PARENTAL LEAVE

Maternity Leave: 17 weeks after 13 weeks of employment.

 

Parental Leave: Each parent: 18 weeks after 13 weeks of employment.

 

(Ontario Labour Standards)

 

ONTARIO - PENSION PLANS

Eligibility for Membership - Employees are eligible for membership after 24 months of continuous service.

 

Vesting - Full vesting occurs after 24 months of continuous plan membership.

 

Interest on Member Contributions - In the case of a defined benefit plan interest is based upon the 5 year fixed term deposit. In the case of a defined contribution plan the interest rate is the plan rate.

 

Minimum Employer contributions - The employer is required to pay a minimum of 50% of the accrued pension value.

 

Normal Retirement - The normal retirement age may not be later than one year after the employees 65th birthday.

 

Early Retirement - early retirement is to be allowed for any employee within 10 years of the normal retirement date.

 

Survivor Benefits - When an active employee dies his/her spouse is entitled to a lump sum benefit of the commuted value of the pension. This may be converted into an immediate or deferred life annuity. Where there is no spouse the beneficiary is entitled to a refund with interest of the deceased’s contributions.

 

Portability - A terminating employee may transfer the value of the pension into a locked-in RRSP, a new employer’s pension plan, or purchase a deferred life annuity.

 

ONTARIO - PREVAILING WAGE/IMMIGRANT PAY

Neither Canada nor any of the provinces has "prevailing wage" regulations that relate to foreign workers. There is a policy in place regarding immigrants that ensures that employers first consider Canadian citizens, as well as permanent residents, and that the entry of foreign workers will not adversely affect employment or career opportunities for Canadian citizens and permanent residents. In general, the offer of employment to a foreign worker requires validation by a Human Resources Canada Centre (HRCC), except when a foreign worker is exempt through an international agreement or falls under one of the exemption categories (wages and working conditions, the employer's efforts to consider Canadian citizens as well as permanent residents, etc.). These cases must be examined by a Human Resources and Development Canada (HRDC) officer in order to grant a validation of an offer of employment. Canada does not have any salary scale established, but rather the officers consider the experience of the worker, the education, and the job market situation, unions, and job advertisements to determine whether that the pay is "acceptable Canadian wages". For more information on hiring foreign workers, refer to the Human Resources and Development Canada's web site http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/hrib/lmd-dmt/fw-te/common/a.shtml, as well as the Citizenship and Immigration Canada's web site http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/about/faq/ask%2D16e.html. These two federal departments are responsible for this policy. The former is responsible for the validation of the offer of employment; the latter is responsible for the employment authorization.

 

 ONTARIO - REMUNERATION

ERI's Relocation Assessor™ is a recommended source for U.S./Canadian wages & salaries (covering 3,000 positions).

 

ONTARIO - TERMINATION & SEVERANCE PAY

Notice of Termination by Employer: 1 week after 3 months; 2 weeks after 1 year; 3 weeks after 3 years; 4 weeks after 4 years; 5 weeks after 5 years; 6 weeks after 6 years; 7 weeks after 7 years; 8 weeks after 8 or more years.

 

Vacation Pay Upon Termination: 4% of annual earnings. (Ontario Labour Standards)

 

Payment Required: Within seven days of termination.

 

See Canadian Federal Severance Pay

 

ONTARIO - UNEMPLOYMENT TAX

See Canadian Federal Unemployment Insurance

 

ONTARIO - VACATION PAY

2 weeks.

 

Ontario Labour Standards)

 

ONTARIO - VOTING TIME OFF

Time Allowed: Period to allow three consecutive hours until close of poll.

 

Penalties for violation: General offence. Fine not over $1,000.

 

Authority: Election Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.7. ss. 6 and 7.

 

Municipal elections: Three consecutive hours of leave must be granted.

 

ONTARIO - WORKERS' COMPENSATION

Maximum Assessable Earnings - $55,600.

 

Waiting Periods -day for day of injury - yes.

Compensation for day of injury - no.

Compensation payable day after injury - yes.

Waiting Period - no.

 

Weekly Benefits for Temporary Disability - 90% of net earnings.

 Monthly Permanent Disability - 90% of pre-injury average earnings.

 

Administration: Workers' Compensation Board, 200 Front Street W., Toronto, Ontario M5V 3J1.

 

(Ontario Labour Standards)