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Programs and services across Ontario - Claiming your rights as a worker
Programs and services across Ontario - Claiming your rights as a worker
Ontario Ministry of Labour's - Employment Standards Information Centre
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The information centre is a telephone line that gives general information about the Employment Standard Act. They don’t give legal advice.
Workers' Action Centre
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The centre gives workers free information and advice. Call them to get:
- information about your rights at work
- help figuring out how to deal with an employment problem
The Human Rights Legal Support Centre (HRLSC)
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The centre gives free legal information and advice to people who have experienced discrimination. They can:
- help you fill out an application to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
- give legal advice about how to deal with discrimination
- provide legal representation at mediations and hearings, in some situations
They have an online tool that can help you figure out if your situation might be discrimination.
Law Society Referral Service
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The Law Society of Ontario has on online Law Society Referral Service that gives you the name of a lawyer or licensed paralegal who will give free legal advice for up to 30 minutes in any area of law.
If you can’t wait for a legal representative to call you back, or if you don’t have a call-back number, email lsrs@lso.ca. Or, if you’re in crisis or in custody, call 1-855-947-5255 or 416-947-5255, Monday to Friday, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Ontario Legal Information Centre
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The centre offers a free 30-minute meeting with a lawyer to anyone in Ontario by telephone or in person at their Ottawa office in any area of law in English or French. You may have to leave a message, and a lawyer will call you back.
Centre francophone de Toronto
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The Centre francophone de Toronto has a legal advice line funded by LAO for people living in the Greater Toronto Area including Toronto, Halton, Durham, Peel, and York. It gives legal information and advice in French over the telephone in the areas of:
- immigration law
- housing law
- income assistance
- employment law
- consumer rights
- human rights
The advice line does not help with family law or criminal law matters.
Pro Bono Ontario - Free legal advice hotline
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The hotline can give you 30 minutes of free legal help and advice over the telephone on civil law matters, which include:
- employment
- housing
- consumer issues
- Powers of Attorney
- corporate law for charities, non-profits, and small businesses
It doesn’t help with family law or criminal law problems.
The hotline generally accepts calls Monday to Friday between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.