b'This legislation establishes the following timelines within which regulated professions must respond to applications for registration from domestic labour mobility applicants (individuals who apply for registration by a regulated profession in Ontario and who are currently registered with a body that regulates the same profession in another Canadian province or territory), unless an exemption is granted:applications for registration must be acknowledged within 10 days; andregistration decisions must be made within 30 days of the regulated profession receiving the application.The new timelines will come into force on a future date still to bedetermined.OTHER DEVELOPMENTSSeparate from Bill 88, the Government of Ontario also recently announced the appointment of a portable benefits advisory panel to advise on designing and implementing a plan that provides workers with benefits such as health, dental and vision care, even if they change jobs. As a first step, the panel will conduct research and consultations over the coming months on how benefits could reside with workers, not their employers. The advisory panel will submit a final report in summer 2023 with recommendations on how to best administer and implement a new benefits program.In addition, on October 1, 2022, the general minimum wage rate will increase to $15.50 an hour. This increase is tied to the Ontario Consumer Price Index for 2022.If you have questions regarding Bill 88 or how the newWorking forCourtesy of ScafomWorkers Actchanges will impact your workplace, please contact Alex Ognibene, Associate at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, at aognibene@fasken.com.FOOTNOTES1.Government of Ontario, Working for Workers Act, 2022, www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/s21035.2.See our previous bulletin, Bill 88: Ontario ProposingSail System is the premier scaffold based enclosure More Employment Law Changes, at www.fasken.com/ system for weather protection, environmental en/knowledge/2022/03/bill-88-ontario-proposing-more- containment and graphics projects. Sail System attaches simply employment-law-changes. and efciently to scaffold and offers an array of fabric options.2.Government of Ontario, Working for Workers Act, 2021,The Sail system is: Primary uses:www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/s21035.Durable Building Enclosures Shipyard containmentDur Dur ReusableReusableReusable Bridge containment Industrial enclosures4.See our previous bulletins, An Update on Ontarios Bill EfcientW ater tower containmentand wind walls Efcient W Efcient 27: Key Amendments for Employers at www.fasken.com/en/ Cost effective Ground tank containment Graphic applicationsknowledge/2021/12/ontarios-bill-27-passes-what-changes-employers-need-to-know, and Ontario Proposing SignificantContact us to discuss your next enclosure or containment project.New Employment Law Changes in Bill 27 at www.fasken.com/ info@sailsystem.com|www.sailsystem.com en/knowledge/2021/10/bill-27-proposed-new-changes-for- Ph: 800-SAIL-710(800-724-5710)employers-and-employees.ACCESS CANADA SPRING/SUMMER 2022 13'