Employment standards poster
The employment standards poster is the poster that Ontario’s Director of Employment Standards prepares and publishes under section 2 of the Employment Standards Act, 2000. An employer must provide each employee with a copy of the most recent poster, and Ontario says it need no longer be posted in the workplace.
A buyer who takes over an Ontario workplace meets the poster as a compliance item: the employer, whoever that is after closing, owes it to employees. See what employment liabilities a buyer inherits.
What Ontario requires
Section 2 has the Director prepare and publish the poster, and requires every employer to provide each employee with a copy of the most recent one. Section 2(7) requires an employer to provide it within 30 days of the day a person becomes an employee. If an employee asks for a translation, the employer must enquire whether the Director has prepared one and, if so, provide it. Ontario’s “Posters required in the workplace” page states that employers need no longer post it in the workplace.
What to check or ask
- Whether the seller gave current staff the most recent poster, and how it recorded that.
- A process for giving it to new hires after closing.
- Whether any employee asked for a translation.
This entry covers Ontario only; check the rules where you are.
Sources
This definition is checked against primary sources. Links were last confirmed on the dates shown.
- 01Government of OntarioGovernmentEmployment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, c. 41
- 02Government of OntarioGovernmentPosters required in the workplace
- 03Government of Ontario — Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills DevelopmentGovernmentYour guide to the Employment Standards Act
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