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From CBC dated Feb 27, 2017 5:00 AM ET

Big changes considered for Ontario workplaces

Report could trigger the most sweeping reforms to employment and labour laws since the 1990s

Premier Kathleen Wynne's government is about to get advice that could lead to a significant shakeup of the laws governing work in Ontario.

The Changing Workplaces Review is examining just about everything related to labour law in this province, including sick pay, overtime, how workers can join unions and employers' responsibilities to contract workers.

It could trigger the most significant reforms to the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act since Mike Harris was premier.

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Here are some of the options that the government's special advisers are considering:

Sick pay, overtime, vacation pay, minimum wage

Making paid sick days mandatory.

Boosting the minimum required paid vacation to three weeks per year from the current two weeks.

Lowering the threshold at which overtime pay must kick in to 40 hours, down from the current 44 hours.

Abolishing the lower minimum wage for students under 18 and people who serve alcohol.

Requiring employers to pay their part-time workers the same as full-time workers doing similar jobs.