b'LEGAL COLUMNONTARIOSWORKING FOR WORKERS ACT, 2022 NOW IN FORCEBY ALEX OGNIBENE, ASSOCIATE, FASKEN MARTINEAU DUMOULIN LLPB ill 88, theWorking for Workers Act, 2022, 1 is now inexpands reservist leave under theESAby providing that force. Bill 88 passed third reading in the Ontarioan employee is entitled to leave if they are participating in Legislature on April 7, 2022 and received Royal AssentCanadian Armed Forces military skills training, and reducing on April 11,2022. 2 the qualifying period for reservist leave from six to three months of continuous employment;OVERVIEW amends theOccupational Health and Safety Actby extending Bill 88 makes a number of changes that will impact employers andthe limitation period for prosecutions from one to two years, employees alike. Most notably, it: increasing maximum fines for convictions and requiring enacts the standaloneDigital Platform Workers Rightsemployers to provide a naloxone kit in workplaces where Act,2022; opioid overdoses are a potential hazard; andremoves certain business consultants and informationreduces delays for certain individuals who apply for technology consultants from the scope of theEmploymentregistration with certain regulated professions in Ontario.Standards Act, 2000(ESA); These changes are reviewed further below. Note that many of the creates a new requirement under theESAfor employerschanges do not come into force immediately.with 25 or more employees to have a written policy aboutBill 88 was also intended to deregulate the practice of traditional electronic monitoring; Chinese medicine and acupuncture. However, the Standing 10THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SCAFFOLD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA'