Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Operations Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Operations Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Operations Division

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1991-

      History

      The Operations Division was established in 1991 when the Ministry reorganized the delivery of its Health and Safety, Employment Standards, and Employment Adjustment services functions.

      The Division includes an Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister and has two branches, the Occupational Health and Safety Branch and the Employment Practices Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Operations Division of the Ministry of Labour provides overarching administration and support for the Occupational Health and Safety, and Employment Standards core businesses of the Ministry. It is headed by an Assistant Deputy Minister. Programs are operated through six autonomous regional offices.

      The Operations Division has assumed the functions of the former Occupational Health and Safety Division and some of the functions of the former Labour Policy and Programs Division. These former policy and programs functions include responsibility for employment programs and for enforcing the Employment Standards Act, the Employment Agencies Act, and the Industrial Standards Act

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      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Labour (1972-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA43

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Labour controls Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Operations Division

      Dates of relationship

      1991-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Labour Policy and Programs Division (1984-1991)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1809

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Labour Policy and Programs Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Operations Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Occupational Health and Safety Division (1976-1991)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1738

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Occupational Health and Safety Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Labour. Operations Division

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1804

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

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

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          KWIC Index to Government Services 2002; RG 7 inventory

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Juanita