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The following links will help you understand your rights as an employee in Ontario:  

• Employment Equity Act
  Online source of consolidated Acts and regulations of Canada.
   
• Employment Standards
  The Employment Standards Act (ESA) is a law that sets minimum standards for workplaces in Ontario.
   
• Minimum wage
  Minimum wage is the lowest wage rate an employer can pay an employee. Most employees are eligible for minimum wage, whether they are full-time, part-time or casual employees; or are paid an hourly rate, commission, piece rate, flat rate or salary. 
   
• Ontario Human Rights Commission
  Ontario Human Rights CommissionThe Ontario Human Rights Code protects people in Ontario against discrimination in:

                         -Employment
                         -Accommodation
                         -Goods
                         -Services and facilities
                         -Membership in vocational associations and trade unions.

• Ontario Ministry of Labour
  The Ontario Ministry of Labour was created in 1919 to develop and enforce labour legislation.  The Ministry of Labour's mission is to advance safe, fair and harmonious workplace practices that are essential to the social and economic well being of the people of Ontario.
   
• Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
  The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) promotes workplace health and safety, and provides a workers compensation system for the employers and workers of Ontario.