ontario regulation 97/18
made under the
Employment Standards Act, 2000
Made: March 7, 2018
Filed: March 9, 2018
Published on e-Laws: March 9, 2018
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 24, 2018
Amending O. Reg. 285/01
(WHEN WORK DEEMED TO BE PERFORMED, EXEMPTIONS AND SPECIAL RULES)
1. Section 1 of Ontario Regulation 285/01 is amended by adding the following definition:
“election official” means,
(a) an employee appointed as a returning officer under the Election Act,
(b) an employee who is employed on a temporary basis to assist in the administration of a general election or by-election under the Election Act and who is managed or supervised, directly or indirectly, by a returning officer, and
(c) an employee of the Chief Electoral Officer who is assigned on a temporary basis to provide support to returning officers in the administration of a general election or by-election under the Election Act within a region made up of one or more, but not all, electoral districts as determined under the Representation Act, 2015; (“membre du personnel électoral”)
2. (1) Subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (e), by adding “or” at the end of clause (f) and by adding the following clause:
(g) subject to subsection (1.1), an election official.
(2) Section 4 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:
(1.1) The exemption in clause (1) (g) only applies during a period that begins with the issue of a writ for a general election or by-election under the Election Act and ends on the day after polling day.
Commencement
3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.