TORONTO — The Working for Workers Six Act, 2024 received Royal Assent late last month before the winter break and contains a suite of legislative, regulatory and other significant changes, the province announced.
Some of the highlights include:
- Creating a new parental leave for parents through adoption and surrogacy; creating a new 27-week job-protected long-term illness leave for workers with a serious medical condition; and requiring properly-fitting PPE for women in all sectors to bring more women into the trades. The province is also unlocking to invest in worker health and safety, including mental health and recovery, through the (³).
- Investing up to $1.4 billion through the Skills Development Fund to train over one million workers.
- Giving over $2.5 billion in WSIB surpluses to safe employers and reducing employer premium rates. In addition, waiving the fee for apprentices taking their first 油.
- Honouring workers by celebrating the contributions of the “Golden Generation of Skilled Tradespeople” who built the province by creating a new Skilled Trades Week during the first week of November.
- by introducing new standards for immigration representatives and imposing penalties on those who violate these standards in the form of fines, multi-year bans and lifetime bans.
- Enhanced safety for roadside workers by expanding existing requirements for drivers to slow down and move over when passing emergency vehicles and tow trucks under the Highway Traffic Act to also include prescribed work-related vehicles at roadside with flashing amber lights activated (excluding construction zones with posted speed limits).
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