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There are several key points important to Bill 28. To find out more about the Act visit our Bill 28 Page.

Since receiving the HRPAO act in 1990, HRPA has regulated the HR profession in Ontario by setting standards of practice to protect the public interest by granting the CHRP. In sum, its regulatory framework seeks to ensure that member HR professionals are competent in their work, and behave in an ethical manner.

The cumulative workplace changes over the past 20 years; business practices, economic conditions, workforce composition and employee expectations have all become more complex and interrelated, and HRPA’s members are at the centre of this rapid change. HRPA and its members strongly believe that Bill 28 will better safeguard the public interest by enhancing its regulatory and oversight powers to ensure that their member’s (CHRP’s) workplaces are fully compliant with existing and about-to-be-enacted provincial workplace legislation. This is supported by an HRPA study that looked at information about convictions under the Employment Standards Act, 2000, posted on the Ontario Ministry of Labour website. HRPA cross-referenced the list of convicted employers with HRPA membership records. Of the 489 ESA convictions between October 2008 and January 2010, none (0.0%) could be liked to an HRPA member.

The updated regulatory powers resulting from Bill 28 would enable HRPA to better protect the public interest from incompetent or unethical HR practitioners help prevent abuse of corporate position, and if abuse should occur, provide the public with an effective means by which to seek recourse.

In supporting Bill 28, we believe it will enhance public protection; both by strengthening the ability of HRPA to effectively provide the regulatory oversight that it needs meet the demands of its members and employees in Ontario. Our members feel strongly that this is a win-win for businesses and the protection of the public.