Working for Workers Act, 2022

The Working for Workers Act, 2021 (French: Loi de 2021 visant à oeuvrer pour les travailleurs) is an act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario relating to labour rights.

Working for Workers Act, 2021
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Long title An Act to enact the Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act, 2022 and to amend various Acts
Citation	S.O. 2022, c. 7
Legislative history
Bill citation	Bill 88
Introduced by	Monte McNaughton MPP, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development
First reading	2021-10-25
Second reading	2021-11-03
Third reading	2021-11-30
Status: Current legislation

Provisions

The act requires that employers with more than 25 employees, inform employees of any monitoring of employee online activity.^[1][2]

The act creates a category of workers called "dependent contractors" who would be eligible for certain employment rights, such as termination pay and a minimum wage, but would not be designated as independent contractors, by enacting the Digital Platform Worker’s Rights Act, 2022.^[3][4]

Reception

An article in the Western Journal of Legal Studies described the legislation as "major step in the right direction" towards the effective regulation of employment conditions for platform workers.^[5]