Ontario. Employment Adjustment Branch

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario. Employment Adjustment Branch

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • Employment Adjustment Branch

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

      Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

      Zone de description

      Dates d’existence

      1987-1991

      Historique

      Originally created in 1980 as the Plant Closure Review and Employment Adjustment Branch, the name of the branch was simplified to the Employment Adjustment Branch in 1987, while performing the same functions. It formed part of the Division known as Labour Policy and Programs.

      In 1991 the Office of Labour Adjustment in the Employment Practices Branch took over this function.

      Lieux

      Statut légal

      Fonctions et activités

      The Employment Adjustment Branch coordinated various ministries' programs to respond to particular plant closures by Ontario industry. The Branch provided information and expertise to employers and employees and any interested parties regarding the requirements of the Employment Standards Act concerning the termination of employment in Ontario.

      The Branch provided an assistance program to employees affected by large plant closures and/or layoffs. It also provided expertise on adjustment issues to governments, employers, unions voluntary organizations and professionals assisting displaced employees.

      The Branch particapted in the joint federal provincial Program for Older Worker Adjustment (POWA) which provided financial assistance to individuals aged 55 to 64 who lost jobs due to major layoffs. The Branch also participated in the Transitions program which focussed on retraining those over 45 who had been laid off or were on layoff notice, and it ran Help Centres to assist independent community-based organizaitons in providing employment, retraining or vocational counselling.

      Adresse

      Organisation interne/Généalogie

      Contexte général

      Zone des relations

      Entité associée

      Ontario. Ministry of Labour (1972-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA43

      Type de relation

      hiérarchique

      Type de relation

      Ontario. Ministry of Labour contrôles Ontario. Employment Adjustment Branch

      Dates de la relation

      Description de la relation

      Entité associée

      Ontario. Plant Closure Review and Employment Adjustment Branch (1980-1987)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1798

      Type de relation

      temporel

      Type de relation

      Ontario. Plant Closure Review and Employment Adjustment Branch est le prédécesseur de Ontario. Employment Adjustment Branch

      Dates de la relation

      Description de la relation

      Zone des points d'accès

      Mots-clés - Sujets

      Mots-clés - Lieux

      Epithet

      Zone du contrôle

      Identifiant de notice d'autorité

      CA1800

      Identifiant du service d'archives

      Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Statut

      Approved

      Niveau de détail

      Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Langue(s)

        Écriture(s)

          Sources

          KWIC Index to Government Services, 1990-1991; RG 7 inventory

          Notes de maintenance

          Archivist(s):
          John Dirks