Bill 114 2010

An Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 with respect to tips and other gratuities

Note:  This Act amends the Employment Standards Act, 2000.  For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

   1.  The Employment Standards Act, 2000 is amended by adding the following Part:

Part V.1
Tips and other gratuities

Tips and other gratuities

   14.1  An employer shall not take any portion of an employee's tips or other gratuities.

Commencement

   2.  This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

   3.  The short title of this Act is the Protecting Employees' Tips Act, 2010.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill prohibits employers from taking any portion of an employee's tips or other gratuities.