Regulations
84.(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations, 1. establishing minimum rates of wages for employees or classes of employees; 2. designating or defining any industry, activity, business, work, trade, occupation or profession or class of employers or employees, for the purposes of this Act or any Part thereof, or the regulations or any provision thereof; 3. designating or defining the zone or zones within Ontario in which this Act, a Part of this Act, or the regulations or any provision thereof, is applicable; 4. exempting any industry, activity, business, work, trade, occupation, profession, or class of employers or employees from the application of this Act, a Part of this Act, or the regulations or any provision thereof; 5. prescribing what constitutes the performance of work in respect of which wages shall be paid; 6. prescribing the deductions that may be made from wages or any other payment or allowance to an employee; 7. prescribing the maximum number of hours that may elapse between the commencement and the termination of the daily work period or periods of an employee; 8. prescribing the particulars of employment that shall be given to an employee; 9. prescribing rates of pay and hours of work for the whole or part of any industry, business or trade in a designated part or parts of Ontario; 10. providing for and requiring the approval of the Director of any agreement or arrangement between an employer and an employee or the employee’s agent providing for the averaging of daily hours of work for a work week or daily or weekly hours of work over a longer period of time than a work week; 11. providing for the averaging of wages over a longer period of time than a work week for the purpose of determining a regular rate under this Act; 12. providing for the setting up of committees to advise the Minister on any matters arising in relation to the administration of this Act; 13. prescribing the manner of giving notice of termination and the period and the form and content of such notice; 14. prescribing what constitutes termination of employment; 15. prescribing what constitutes “a definite term or task”, “lay-off”, “temporary lay-off”, “indefinite lay-off” and a “period of employment”; 16. providing that any payments to an employee by way of pension, insurance, worker’s compensation, bonus, severance, supplementary unemployment benefits, or similar arrangements shall or shall not be taken into account on termination of employment; 17. despite Part VI, prescribing when overtime pay shall be paid to an employee or class of employees by an employer, a class of employers, or an industry, business or trade for any hours of work in excess of a specified number of hours of work in a work week or a longer period of time than a work week; 18. prescribing the hours of work after which overtime is payable in a work week to an employee who does two or more kinds of work for which different hours of work in a work week upon which overtime is payable are prescribed under this Act; 19. prescribing types of benefit plans for the purpose of subsection 42 (2); 19.1 Repealed: 1998, c. 8, s. 47. 19.2 Repealed: 1997, c. 21, s. 3 (7). 19.3 Repealed: 1997, c. 21, s. 3 (7). 19.4  providing for and governing the consolidation of hearings under this Act; 19.5  providing for the manner of apportioning compensation under subsection 58.9 (2); 19.6  Repealed: 1997, c. 21, s. 3 (7). 19.7  Repealed: 1997, c. 21, s. 3 (7). 19.8  Repealed: 1997, c. 21, s. 3 (7). 20. prescribing maximum allowances for living accommodation, fuel, heat, utility charges or room or board to be taken into account in calculating minimum wages; 21. prescribing the minimum number of hours for which an employee is entitled to be paid wages and providing for conditions and exemptions in respect thereof; 22. prescribing rules for determining whether the termination of an employee who is not entitled to severance pay shall be taken into account in determining whether fifty or more employees have had their employment terminated in a period of six months or less, and whether the wages of an employee who is not entitled to severance pay shall be taken into account in determining the payroll of an employer; 23. providing for the exclusion of weeks from the period of fifty-two consecutive weeks mentioned in the definition of “termination” in subsection 58 (1); 24. prescribing forms and providing for their use; 25. defining any word or expression used in this Act that is not defined in this Act; 26. prescribing the manner in which information is to be given to the Minister under subsection 57 (3); 27. prescribing anything that by this Act is to be or may be prescribed; 28. respecting any matter necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent and purpose of this Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. E.14, s. 84 (1); 1991, c. 16, s. 16; 1993, c. 27, Sched.; 1996, c. 23, s. 33; 1997, c. 21, s. 3 (7); 1998, c. 8, s. 47. Application (2) A regulation made under subsection (1) or any provision thereof may be confined in its application to any class of employer, employee or establishment defined in the regulation. R.S.O. 1990, c. E.14, s. 84 (2). ______________ Français