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The Employment Standards Act (ESA) applies to staff members.

A staff member includes an individual who:

– carries out work for an employer for salaries

– supplies services to an employer for salaries

– receives training from an employer, if the ability in which the person is being trained is an ability used by the employer’s employees

– is a homeworker

– was a worker

Effective March 21, 2024, a staff member includes a person who performs work during a trial period for an employer, if the skills being assessed during the trial duration are skills used by the company’s workers or could be used by staff members if there are no other workers. For example, where an employer of a restaurant asks a task candidate to work a trial shift waiting tables to show their capability to perform the job, even where no employment offer has been made to that prospect, the person is an employee under the ESA.

The ESA does not use to independent contractors, volunteers or other individuals who are not covered under the ESA. An individual thought about a staff member might be entitled to rights such as:

– minimum wage

– overtime pay

– public vacations

– vacation with pay

– notification of termination or termination pay

Under the ESA, employers are not allowed to deal with staff members covered by the Act as if they are not workers. If an employer misclassifies a worker in this way, a work standards officer can release a notification of conflict that leads to a charge, a prosecution or both versus the company.

Please note, the ESA supplies minimum standards just. Some workers may have higher rights under a work agreement, cumulative agreement, the typical law or other legislation.

Discover more about staff member rights under the ESA.

How to inform who is a worker

The relationship between a specific and the service (or person) they are working for figures out whether the individual is a worker and entitled to protections under the ESA. A person might be thought about a staff member under the ESA when at least a few of the following explains the relationship:

– the work the specific carries out is an essential part of the organization

– business decides:- what the person is to do

– just how much the individual will be paid

– where and when the work is performed

If you’re not sure who is an employee under the ESA, call the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development’s Employment Standards Information Centre at:

– 416-326-7160

– toll-free at 1-800-531-5551

TTY 1-866-567-8893

The Information Centre can assist callers in several languages. They can offer general information about who is an employee however can not supply recommendations.

If you’re still unsure whether someone is a staff member, please speak to a lawyer.

How to tell who is an independent professional

An independent professional is someone who stays in business on their own. An individual might be considered an independent professional, and not covered by the ESA, when at least a few of the following applies:

– the organization can end the person’s contract for services, but can not discipline the person

– the person:- has the chance to earn a profit and has a danger of losing cash from the work

– identifies how, when or where the work is performed

– decides whether to subcontract a few of the work

Example

Fariah works as a client service agent for a sales business. She needs to work Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in business’s office. She utilizes business’s telephones and computers. She is paid $25.50 per hour. Her work contract does not have an end date, although her company can fire or discipline her for poor efficiency. Her employment agreement mentions that she is an independent professional and so she does not receive overtime pay, holiday pay or public vacation pay.

Fariah believes she might in fact be an employee and might be to overtime pay, holiday pay and public vacation pay. She files a claim with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.

An employment requirements officer examines her claim. The officer looks at the relationship in between Fariah and the sales service and discovers that she is a staff member

It does not matter that Fariah signed the work contract stating that she is an independent contractor due to the fact that the truths show she is an employee.

The work requirements officer orders the sales organization to:

– pay Fariah the overtime pay, holiday pay and public holiday pay that she was entitled to as an employee.

– orders the employer to release wage statements and keep records

Employee or independent specialist: Common mistaken beliefs

A person may be thought about an employee even if:

– the specific and the service concur (orally or referall.us in composing) that the person is an independent specialist. It is the relationship between the specific and business (or individual) that matters, not the label that is offered to it

– the individual:- charges the balanced sales tax (HST).

– submits invoices to business.

– utilizes their own automobile for work purposes.

Volunteers

Volunteers are not employees under the ESA. However, the truth that someone is called a „volunteer“ does not identify whether that person is an employee and entitled to the securities of the ESA.

The primary aspects that determine whether someone is a volunteer or an employee are just how much:

– the service (or person) benefits from the person’s services.

– the private views the plan as remaining in pursuit of a living.

In family-run businesses, the concern will often be whether the person is offering services in pursuit of a living or in service of the household.

If the individual is providing services to the family, instead of services in pursuit of a living, that individual is most likely to be a volunteer.

The reality that no incomes were paid does not necessarily mean that somebody is a volunteer. The reality that there was some form of payment does not always imply somebody is a staff member. For example, an honorarium might have been paid, rather than incomes.