More for Employers

This page offers links to a wide variety of services and information of interest to employers.

Economy

  • Planning for Employment in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
    A background paper as part of an assessment of land use planning for employment in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, exploring the changing nature of employment in the area, the challenges of planning for employment, and potential strategies to better plan for employment.
  • Ontario Budget 2009 - Proposed Tax Savings
    The 2009 Ontario Budget proposes comprehensive tax reform, including tax cuts, to provide Ontario with the most competitive rates among its major competitors and trading partners.

Employment

  • Ministry of Labour office locations
    Ministry of Labour Regional offices locations and contact information.
  • Legislation and Regulations - Labour Relations
    Links to information on legislations and regulations for Labour relations.
  • Minimum Wage
    Most employees are eligible for minimum wage, whether they are full-time, part-time, casual employees, or are paid an hourly rate, commission, piece rate, flat rate or salary. However, some employees have jobs that are exempt from the minimum wage.
  • Pay Equity Office
    The Pay Equity Office (PEO) is responsible for implementing and enforcing the Pay Equity Act. The PEO investigates, mediates and resolves complaints under the Pay Equity Act. The PEO also provides programs and services to help people understand and comply with the Pay Equity Act.
  • Office of the Employer Advisor
    The OEA is an independent agency of the Ministry of Labour and has been helping Ontario employers manage their workplace safety and insurance costs, since 1985. We provide expert advice to any size employer; including mediation, negotiation, and representation throughout the workplace safety and insurance system to employers who primarily employ fewer than 100 employees.
  • Office of Collective Bargaining Information
    Services focus on labour relations activity in Ontario and include the provision of comprehensive information on small, medium and large-sized workplaces.
  • Conciliation and Mediation
    Conciliation is a process by which a trade union or an employer can ask the Ministry of Labour for help in resolving their differences so that they can reach a collective agreement.
  • Guide to the Occupational Health and Safety Act
    Almost every workplace in Ontario is covered by the Occupational Health and Safety Act and regulations. This guide to the Act explains what every worker, supervisor, employer, constructor and workplace owner needs to know about the Act.
  • Guide to the Employment Standards Act
    This guide provides information about the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) and regulations. It uses examples to help provide a better understanding of wages, hours of work, vacations and holidays, leaves of absence, equal pay for equal work, termination of employment and severance pay.
  • Labour Relations
    The Ministry of Labour promotes a stable and constructive labour relations climate and fosters productive workplace relationships in Ontario.
  • Ministry of Labour
    The Ministry of Labour advances safe, fair and harmonious workplace practices that are essential to the social and economic well-being of the people of Ontario.Through the ministry's key areas of occupational health and safety, employment rights and responsibilities, labour relations and internal administration, the ministry's mandate is to set, communicate and enforce workplace standards while encouraging greater workplace self-reliance. A range of specialized agencies, boards and commissions assist the ministry in its work.
  • Ontario Workplace Gateway
    The Ontario Workplace Gateway provides employers, workers and others with one-stop access to information and services on a wide variety of workplace-related topics.

Home and Community

  • Understanding the Needs of People with Disabilities
    Persons with disabilities may face challenges because of the physical or mental limitations. But the attitudes of other people may also create barriers. Understanding this social aspect of disability is essential.

Law and Safety

  • Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities
    Ontario has an important law. It’s called the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. It’s the first of its kind in Canada. People with disabilities should have the same kind of opportunities as everyone else. They should be able to do the things that most of us take for granted — going to work or school, shopping, taking in a movie or eating out.
  • Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005
    Recognizing the history of discrimination against persons with disabilities in Ontario, the purpose of this Act is to benefit all Ontarians by developing, implementing and enforcing accessibility standards, and by providing for the involvement of persons with disabilities in their development.

Money and Taxes

  • Objections and Appeals
    If you do not agree with an assessment, a disallowance or a decision issued by the Ministry of Revenue, there may be a simple solution to your problem.

Your Business

  • Operating a Business
    A collection of information about operating a business in Ontario.
  • Selling or Closing a Business
    A collection of information about selling or closing your business.
  • Business Information by Industry
    A collection of information about key business sectors in Ontario.
  • E-Business Info-Guide
    The information you need for conducting business over electronic networks such as the Internet.
  • Ontario Business Program Guide
    The Ontario Business Program Guide is your resource for government-funded programs and services for small and medium-sized businesses in Ontario.
  • Auto Body Repair Compliance Information Centre
    The Auto Body Repair Compliance Information Centre provides one-stop access to information that is useful for small to medium businesses achieving compliance with legislated standards.
  • Companies and Personal Property Security
    The Companies and Personal Property Security Branch (CPPSB) registers business names of sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations; authorizes the creation of limited partnerships; incorporates business and not-for-profit entities and licenses foreign extra provincial corporations.
  • Compliance Information Centre for Manufacturers of Plastic Products
    The Compliance Information Centre for Manufacturers of Plastic Products provides a single window access to information that is useful for small to medium businesses in achieving compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Entertainment and Creative Industry Information
    This Entertainment and Creative Industry Information Bundle provides information about the legislation and by-laws that pertain to the entertainment industry.
  • Accessibility and Your Business - What You Need to Know
    About 1.85 million people in Ontario have a disability. Smart businesses will recognize the need for accessibility and make sure that consumers who shop, work or do business with them are satisfied.
  • Business and Corporate Income Tax Calculator
    Own or manage a business? Use the Business Calculator to find out which business tax benefits your company may be eligible to receive.
  • Open for Business
    Open for Business is the Ontario Government’s ambitious three-year initiative to create faster, smarter and streamlined government-to-business services that make Ontario more attractive for business development.
  • Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters - SMART Program
    Small and medium size manufacturers looking to boost their productivity can turn to the SMART program for help.
  • Identity Theft Checklist for Business
    Checklist to help develop secure information management practices for customer data.
  • Import/Export account
    If you import goods into Canada or export goods to other countries, you should register with the Canada Revenue Agency.
  • Corporations Income Tax
    Reporting corporate income tax and filing the T2 corporate income tax return. Paying by instalments.
  • Opportunities Ontario: Provincial Nominee Program
    Opportunities Ontario is an employer-driven program that helps employers hire the skilled workers they need, but are having difficulty finding, by assisting with the immigration of foreign workers and international students. Through this program, skilled foreign workers and international students may apply to be nominated for permanent resident status in Canada.
 
 
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