There are a number of…

There are a number of concerns with the proposed act:

1. Schedule 3: Remove restrictions on home-based child care providers, including allowing additional children, to make it easier for parents to find affordable child care.

This will pose a safety risk to the children under care. Increasing the number of children per care-giver should only be considered in a safe and controlled environment, not home-based service.

2. Schedule 7: Reduce where operating engineers are required to supervise.

This again poses a safety risk in the workplace or raised the level of competency required for the job to be completed without supervision. This will lower the employability of non-skilled workers.

3. Schedule 9: Stop requiring employers to post the Employment Standards Act (ESA) poster in the workplace, but retain the requirement that they provide the poster to employees.

Having a poster in the workplace allows the workers to quickly reference the ESA when there are non-compliance practices. As long as the businesses are compliant, posting a poster does not put additional burden on the business operation and therefore this clause serves no purpose.
With the removal of the poster, businesses may be non-compliant and workers will be less accessible to the information and ways to report on the non-compliance.