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Bill 210, Fairness for Residential Superintendents, Janitors and Caretakers Act, 2020

Bisson, Gilles

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000 to

provide that a person who is employed as the superintendent, janitor or

caretaker of a residential building and resides in the building is entitled to

the minimum wage under

Part IX of the Act. The Bill specifies that the

regulations cannot provide that persons so employed are disentitled to the

minimum wage. The Bill also provides that room and board for those persons

shall not be considered part of their wage.

Bill 210 2020

Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 with respect to the minimum

wage for residential superintendents, janitors and caretakers

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Employment Standards Act, 2000 is amended by

adding the following section:

Residential

superintendents, janitors, caretakers

23.2

(1) A person

who is employed as the superintendent, janitor or caretaker of a residential

building and resides in the building is entitled to be paid at least the

minimum wage.

Room

or board not part of wage

(2) Subsection

23 (2) does not apply to a person who is employed as the superintendent,

janitor or caretaker of a residential building and resides in the building.

Limitation

re prescribed class

(3) Superintendents,

janitors or caretakers of residential buildings may not be prescribed,

(

a) under

paragraph 2.0.1 of subsection 141 (1) as a class of employees for the purpose

of subsection 23.1 (2); or

(

b) under

paragraph 3 of subsection 141 (1) as a class of employees to which this Act,

this Part or any provision of this Part does not apply.

(1) Paragraph 2.0.1 of subsection 141 (1) of the Act is amended by

adding “Subject to clause 23.2 (3) (a)” at the beginning.

(2) Paragraph

3 of subsection 141 (1) of the Act is amended by adding “Subject to clause 23.2

(3) (b)” at the beginning.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Fairness for

Residential Superintendents, Janitors and Caretakers Act, 2020 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

November 24, 2020

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Estimates

November 24, 2020

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

November 24, 2020

Second Reading

Debated

October 5, 2020

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

October 5, 2020

Committee

Second Reading

November 24, 2020

Mr. Gilles Bisson, Ms. Jane McKenna, Ms. Peggy Sattler, Ms. Andrea Khanjin, Mr. Jamie West, Mr. Wayne Gates

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Estimates.

Committee

Standing Committee on Estimates

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 210

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Employment Standards Act, 2000

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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