The Consolidated Ontario Employment and Labour Statutes and Regulations provide a one-stop resource for all the relevant statutes, regulations, Rules of Procedure, Procedural Guides, and OLRB Information Bulletins relevant to the practice and study of labour and employment law in Ontario.

Specific Changes for the 2022 edition:

New regulations -

• Under the Employment Standards Act:
• O. Reg. 637/21 Section 50.1.1 Overpayment Recovery
• Under the Occupational Health and Safety Act:
• Ont. Reg. 420/21 - Notices and Reports under Sections 51 to 53.1 of the Act - Fatalities, Critical Injuries, Occupational Illnesses and other Incidents (This regulation replaces the repealed O. Reg. 834 Critical Injury Defined)
• Ont. Reg. 213/91 - Construction Projects
• Ont. Reg. 833 - Control of Exposure to Biological or Chemical Agents
• Ont. Reg. 278/05 - Designated Substance - Asbestos on Construction Projects and in Buildings and Repair Operations
• Ont. Reg. 490/09 - Designated Substances
• Ont. Reg. 629/94 - Diving Operations
• Ont. Reg. 414/05 - Farming Operations
• Ont. Reg. 714/94 - Firefighters - Protective Equipment
• Ont. Reg. 854 - Mines and Mining Plants
• Ont. Reg 474/07 - Needle Safety
• Ont. Reg. 855 - Oil and Gas - Offshore
• Ont. Reg 856 - Roll-Over Protective Structures
• Ont. Reg 857 - Teachers
• Ont. Reg. 858 - University Academics and Teaching Assistants
• Ont. Reg. 859 - Window Cleaning
• Ont. Reg. 861 - X-Ray Safety
• Under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act:
• O. Reg. 665/21 - Calculation of 2022 Premiums
• O. Reg. 253/07 - Firefighters

Other new documents

• Grievance Settlement Board
• Rules of Procedure

Also added to the book this year

The Introduction to the 2022 edition includes a new section regarding Forms. In the new edition, the previously limited selection of individual forms contained in the 2021 edition has been replaced with detailed instructions and resources for obtaining forms for all subject areas covered by the 2022 edition, including under the Child Performers Act, 2015, Employment Standards Act, 2000, Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Human Rights Code, Labour Relations Act, Pay Equity Act and Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.

Updated for the 2022 edition

• Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41
• O. Reg. 228/20, Infectious Disease Emergency Leave
• Human Rights Code, R.S.O. 1990, c. H19
• Modernizing the Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Act, SO 2019 c 7 sch 40
• Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1
• O. Reg. 67/93, Health Care and Residential Facilities
• O. Reg. 851: Industrial Establishments
• Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009, S.O. 2009, c. 22
• Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009, S.O. 2009, c. 24
• Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act, 1997, S.O. 1997, c. 21, Sched. B
• Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 35, Sched. A
• O. Reg. 377/07: Political Activity: Specially Restricted Public Servants
• Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, S.O. 2017
• Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, S. O. 1997, c. 16
• Ontario Labour Relations Board Information Bulletin No. 9 Status Disputes in Certification Applications in the Construction Industry

This edition includes:

The following statutes are included in the 2022 edition, along with relevant regulations and board and tribunal documents

• Agricultural Employees Protection Act, 2002
• Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act, 1993
• Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-in Caregivers and Others), 2009
• Employment Standards Act, 2000
• Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act
• Human Rights Code
• Labour Relations Act, 1995
• Ministry of Labour Act
• Modernizing the Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Act
• Occupational Health and Safety Act
• Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2001
• Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009
• Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009
• Pay Equity Act
• Protecting Child Performers Act, 2015
• Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act, 1997
• Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006
• Rights of Labour Act
• Smoke-Free Ontario Act, 2017
• Wages Act
• Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

Statutes, regulations and select forms of limited application to the practice of labour and employment law in Ontario have been removed from the text in favour of additional resources and materials of ongoing and more substantial significance.

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