Ontario Protecting Workers by Requiring Temporary Help Agency Licenses

Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, announced that our government is protecting vulnerable and temporary foreign workers by requiring temporary help agencies (THAs) and recruiters to have a license to operate in the province as of January 1, 2024.

Inspections by Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development officers have shown that multiple temporary help agencies in Ontario are illegally paying people below the minimum wage and denying other basic employment rights to gain an unfair competitive advantage over law-abiding agencies by undercutting rates.

Many businesses and jobseekers in Ontario are often unaware if an agency or recruiter they are working with is meeting their employment standards obligations or has a history of violations. They will now be able to check the ministry’s online database before working with one, to see if they have met the province’s stringent licensing requirements.

Learn more: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003244/ontario-protecting-workers-by-requiring-temporary-help-agency-licences