Ontario Regulation 47/10 – Penalties

This regulation sets out penalties that are prescribed for notices of contravention issued pursuant to s. 27 of the Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act, 2009.

Section 1 – Penalties re: Notices of contravention

Penalty in dollars associated with notices of contraventions
Item Contravention Penalty, in dollars
1. If the notice relates to a contravention of section 14 or 15 of the Act 250
2. If the notice relates to the second contravention of section 14 or 15 of the Act in a three-year period 500
3. If the notice relates to the third or subsequent contravention of section 14 or 15 of the Act in a three-year period 1,000
4. If the notice relates to a contravention of a provision of the Act other than section 14 or 15 250
5. If the notice relates to the second contravention of a provision of the Act other than section 14 or 15 in a three-year period 500
6. If the notice relates to the third or subsequent contravention of a provision of the Act other than section 14 or 15 in a three-year period 1,000
7. If the notice relates to a contravention of a provision of the Act other than section 14 or 15 and the contravention affects more than one foreign national 250, multiplied by the number of foreign nationals affected
8. If the notice relates to the second contravention of a provision of the Act other than section 14 or 15 in a three-year period and the contravention affects more than one foreign national 500, multiplied by the number of foreign nationals affected
9. If the notice relates to the third or subsequent contravention of a provision of the Act other than section 14 or 15 in a three-year period and the contravention affects more than one foreign national 1,000, multiplied by the number of foreign nationals affected

See the discussion at section 1 of O Reg 289/01 (Penalties and Reciprocal Enforcement) under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 for information about when the penalty amount escalates and when the multiplier is applied. The principles that are set out there also apply in the EPFNA context.

Ontario Regulation 348/15 – Employer recovery of costs

This regulation sets out the exception to the prohibition against cost recovery in s. 8(2) of the Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act, 2009.

Section 1 – Exception to prohibition against cost recovery