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As of July 1, 2012 the Ontario Building Code was amended to address the issue of balcony glass breaking on newly constructed buildings. [30] The new amendment, Supplementary Standard SB-13, "Glass in Guards" [ 31 ] is intended to help minimize the likelihood that balcony glass will break on newly constructed buildings and help reduce the chance ...
The Employment Standards Act, 2000 [1] (the Act) is an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Act regulates employment in the province of Ontario, including wages, maximum work hours, overtime, vacation, and leaves of absence. It differs from the Ontario Labour Relations Act, which regulates unionized labour in Ontario.
Canada's varied labour laws are a result of its geography, historical, and cultural variety. This expressed in law through the treaty-/land-based rights of individual indigenous nations, the distinct French-derived law system of Quebec, and the differing labour codes of each of the provinces and territories.
Divisions IX to XII, XIV set the procedures for termination of employees. Division IX deals with lay-offs of 50 or more people wherein a 16-week notice must be given to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and the Canada Employment Insurance Commission and a 2-week notice to individual employees. Division X deals with the ...
The Hon. Sir William Ralph Meredith, Chief Justice of Ontario, is the founding father of Workmen's Compensation in Ontario and by extension Canada. [2]In 1910, Ontario Premier Sir James Whitney [1905 - 1914] appointed Sir William Meredith to head the first Royal Commission into the "laws relating to the liability of employers to make compensation to their employees for injuries received in the ...
The Revised Statutes of Ontario (RSO; Quebec French: Lois refondues de l'Ontario, LRO) is the name of several consolidations of public acts in the Canadian province of Ontario, promulgated approximately decennially from 1877 to 1990. [1] [2]
The City of Toronto Act is a city charter–type statute which governs the organization and political powers of Toronto.There have been other acts governing the city passed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since Toronto's original incorporation as a city in 1834, although they have since been consolidated and repealed as the city matured over time.
The Commission asserted that this was in conflict with Ontario's Trade Disputes Act, and so applied to have the Act declared ultra vires as being beyond federal jurisdiction. In a 4-1 decision by Ferguson J.A., the Ontario Court of Appeal held that the federal Act was constitutional, as it derived from the s. 91 powers relating to peace, order ...