We schedule our staff from Sunday to Saturday with scheduling done online. What is the advance notice for this scheduled to be published for staff to view? Once published what is the criteria for changes to staff schedules? For example if the schedule is published on Thursday for the next Sunday but then is adjusted and republished late Friday can an employee be reprimanded for missing their sunday shift that was not on the original schedule

The Employment Standards Act in Ontario does not currently include provisions regulating scheduling of work by employers. There is a three-hour rule providing that, when an employee who regularly works more than 3 hours a day is required to report to work but works less than 3 hours, he/she must be paid the higher of: 3 hours at the minimum wage, or the employee’s regular wage for the time worked.

However, beginning in 2019, an employee will have the right to refuse an employer's request or demand to work or be on call on a day that the employee was not scheduled to work or be on call if the request or demand is made less than 96 hours before the time the employee would commence work or commence being on call.

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