On December 6, 2018 the Ontario government announced it was introducing omnibus legislation, Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018, that, if passed, would make additional key changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000. Unlike the changes under Bill 47 to roll back many of the Bill 148 changes or under Bill 57 to eliminate the gender pay parity proposals, these changes remove long-standing administrative requirements relating to hours of work exemptions and employee notifications.

The proposed changes are outlined in this report.