Category: Ontario

Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Dec 8, 2022) The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario provides exceptional family-friendly benefits, including maternity and parental leave top-up to 90 per cent of salary for up to 36 weeks and the option for new parents to phase-in their return to work. Do doctors get benefits in Ontario? […]

Most doctors who work in hospitals are not paid by the hospital directly, but by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan, which pays doctors for each procedure and clinical service. This system is known as “fee-for-service”. How are hospital doctors paid in Canada? Canadian doctor salary is comprised of a rate per service, which is claimed […]

The concept behind the HST was to streamline the recording and collection of federal and provincial sales taxes by combining them into a single, uniform levy across Canada. Foreign purchasers of Canadian products do not have to pay HST provided that the goods or services will be solely used outside of the country. When did […]

First Nations people who are a resident of Ontario or Canada and reside on the Akwesasne reserve are eligible for the HST rebate. You must also have either a federal government-issued: Certificate of Indian Status card. Are natives exempt from HST? Generally, Indians do not pay the GST/HST on services performed entirely on a reserve. […]

The Ontario retail sales tax was announced by the Provincial Treasurer in his budget statement of March 9, 1961, and was enacted with some amendments to become effective on September 1 of that year. When did sales tax start in Canada? It passed into law and went into effect on July 1, 1948. The first […]

$29,554 per year. If you make $40,000 a year living in the region of Ontario, Canada, you will be taxed $10,446. That means that your net pay will be $29,554 per year, or $2,463 per month. What is my take home pay if I make 40000? $32,493 per yearIf you make $40,000 a year living […]

Advanced notice of work schedules As an employee or student intern, your employer must, unless indicated otherwise in the terms of a collective agreement, notify you in writing of your schedule at least 96 hours before the first day of the schedule. How far in advance should I get my work schedule? As mentioned, by […]

Now, at the very minimum, employees can rest assured they will get a certain amount of pay even if their shift is cut short or cancelled. With regard to minimum hours of work, employees are also entitled to three hours of pay if they receive 48 hours or less notice that their shift is cancelled […]

There are more heatwaves, droughts, winter storms, tornadoes, and wind storms. Without a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, the average temperature in Ontario will rise by 3 to 8-degree Celsius within the next century. Where is the best place to live in Canada due to climate change? Vancouver “West Coast, Best Coast”, as the old […]

Employers of landscape gardeners are exempt from the requirement to pay overtime. Who is exempt from overtime pay in Ontario? All employees are entitled to overtime pay in Ontario, subject to a long list of exceptions in the regulations to the Employment Standards Act. One of the main categories of employees who are exempt from […]