New year comes with new rules for job postings, recycling and carbon monoxide alarms in Ontario
CBC
As of Jan. 1, most job postings in Ontario need to include salary figures, carbon monoxide alarms need to be on every level of a home and municipalities are now out of the recycling business.
The new job posting rule is one of several changes to Ontario's Employment Standards Act
Courtney Ginson, the recruitment manager at Levert Personnel Resources in Sudbury, welcomes the changes and says many job seekers are nervous to ask about wages in interviews.
"It's the uncomfortable thing that people have a hard time asking, they don't know how to ask. But it's something that they should know," she said.
"And I think you're going to get a better candidate when you do disclose that. There's no point in posting a position and not disclosing the wage and then somebody applying and coming in for an interview and wasting everyone's time."
Among the other changes are a requirement that employers get back to job seekers no more than 45 days after an interview.
"We've all been in that position where we've applied for something and we've interviewed for something and we're just... it's unknown, no feedback given," said Ginson.
"And we get our heart set on a great opportunity that we feel we are perfect for and then we just get nothing in response."
There are also new requirements as of Jan. 1 for carbon monoxide detectors in Ontario.
Alarms are now required on every floor of a home, not just outside of bedrooms.
"It gives you more time to get out of the home. It'll give you more warning about the dangers of carbon monoxide and how to react to it and to save your family," said former Brantford fire captain John Gignac.
He is the executive director of the Hawkins-Gignac foundation, which was created after four members of his family died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Woodstock in 2008.
Laurie and Richard Hawkins, who grew up in North Bay, and their two children died after a blocked vent from their gas fireplace caused carbon monoxide to build up in their home.
"Carbon monoxide is colourless, odorless, and tasteless, so the only way you'll ever know it's in your home is if you have a carbon monoxide detector. Otherwise you're leaving it to chance," Gignac said.
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As of Jan. 1, most job postings in Ontario need to include salary figures, carbon monoxide alarms need to be on every level of a home and municipalities are now out of the recycling business.