Ministry of Labour Blitz Reveals Overtime Pay Problems for Employees – 900 CHML

Almost three-quarters of employers with a “history of non-compliance” — the targets of the ministry’s latest round of inspections — were revealed to be still violating employment standards, according to The Toronto Star.

Some of the most common violations were around excess hours of work, public holiday pay and shoddy record-keeping.

One of the most frequent violations concerns overtime pay for employees, or the lack thereof.

When is an employee owed overtime pay? What happens if an employer does not want to provide overtime pay?

Employment Lawyer Lior Samfiru, Partner at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP, joined host Scott Radley on Global News Radio 900 CHML to explain overtime as defined by Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, and an employee’s right to overtime pay.