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Working for Workers Six Act
Ontario provincial legislation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Working For Workers Six Act, 2024 (French: Loi de 2024 visant à oeuvrer pour les travailleurs, six) is an act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario relating to labour rights.
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The act invests up to CA$1,400,000,000 in training more than one million workers through the Skills Development Fund.[1] The act also outlines new standards for immigration representatives.[1]
The legislation amends the Employment Standards Act (ESA), so that employees who have worked for a given employer for 13 consecutive weeks are allowed to take 27 weeks of unpaid illness leave within a 52-week period.[2]
The act introduces a significant mandatory fine for a second or subsequent offence under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).[3]
The act imposes a requirement for properly fitting personal protective equipment to. be provided to women across all sectors, building on a similar requirement on the construction industry in the Working for Workers Act, 2023.[4]
The legislation requires that employees who become parents through adoption or surrogacy be entitled to 16 weeks of unpaid parental leave.[4]
The provincial Chief Prevention Officer is assigned additional powers including the ability to assess whether a training program delivered outside of Ontario is equivalent to one approved under OHSA.[5]
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