Why don’t you know ESA minimums if you employ people?
When I meet with some employers it boggles my mind that they can go through a rigourous hiring process and hire staff without knowing anything abotu the Ontario employment standards act. They tender for resumes, they interview, they funnel the candidates down, they hire a candidate and then they spend money on a contract that everyone executes. What I never understand is how employers easily invite so many labour complaints and employment standard act orders and civil law suits because they do not adhere to the bare minimums. The ESA is piece of legislation specifically designed to establish BARE MINIMUMS with resepct to hours of work, overtime, absences, wages, holidays, public holidays, layoffs, termination and severance…amongst other things. It establishes the minimums under law that you need to provide. You need to abide by it you cannot contract out of it.
Save your company money. Read it. Learn it and then call a lawyer to fix your problems.
