Working for Workers Six Bill Introduction

January 23, 2025

As our government continues to bring back better jobs and bigger paycheques to Ontario, we are keeping workers healthy and safe no matter where they work: On a highway, a job site, or the shop floor.

Our government’s sixth Working for Workers bill will introduce game-changing measures that will:

• Crack down on bad actor employers, with mandatory minimum fines of $500,000 for corporations convicted of repeated offences within a two-year period under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
• Strengthen protections for roadside maintenance workers by expanding existing requirements for motorists to slow down and move over under the Highway Traffic Act.
• Support the safety and wellbeing of workers and their families
• Improve cancer coverage for firefighters, investigators, and volunteers
• Grow Ontario’s workforce
• Keep costs down for workers and businesses
• Honour workers
• Crack down on bad actors that exploit newcomers

These proposed changes are another way our government is building a brighter future for all Ontario workers and their families and ensuring our province remains the best place to live, work and raise a family