--000000000000c4a1da061cc2196b Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000c4a1d9061cc2196a" --000000000000c4a1d9061cc2196a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable @Sean Cygan what does this email clarify? Is it saying that under our business as a home care agency we have to have the THA license? On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 3:14=E2=80=AFPM Sean Cygan wrote= : > FYI - > > Dear Sean Cygan, > > > > Thank you for your inquiry. > > > > Temporary help agencies and recruiters are required to have a licence. > These terms are defined in the ESA and its regulations. > > > > Every legal entity that operates as a temporary help agency or acts as a > recruiter must apply for a licence. This is the case even if the separate > legal entities are treated as one employer under section 4 of the ESA > . > > > > A *temporary help agency* is an employer that employs persons for the > purpose of assigning them to perform work on a temporary basis for client= s > of the employer. > > Clients of a temporary help agency are people or entities that enter into > an arrangement with a temporary help agency in which the temporary help > agency agrees to assign, or to try to assign, one or more of its > =E2=80=9Cassignment employees=E2=80=9D to perform work for that person or= entity (=E2=80=9Cthe > client=E2=80=9D) on a temporary basis. > > Learn more about what is a temporary help agency under the ESA > > . > > > > A *recruiter* is any person =E2=80=94 which includes a corporation, partn= ership > and individual/sole proprietorship =E2=80=94 who, for a fee > , > finds or attempts to find employment (whether the employment is temporary > or permanent) in Ontario for prospective employees, or finds or attempts = to > find, employees (to be employed on a temporary or permanent basis) for > prospective employers in Ontario but *does not include* the following: > > - an employee who performs the functions described above as a duty of > the employee=E2=80=99s position with an employer. > - For example, Henry is an employee of a recruiting company. In his > job, he finds, or attempts to find, employees for prospective emplo= yers in > Ontario. He is excluded from the definition of recruiter and is not > required to have a licence. (His employer is required to have a lic= ence, > however.) > - Another example: Iris works in the human resources department of > a manufacturing company. As part of her job, she finds or attempts = to find > employees for her employer. She is excluded from the definition of > recruiter and is not required to have a licence. > - an employer who finds or attempts to find employees to be employed > by the employer. > - For example, Maeve is an employer. She attempts to find employees > to work at her welding and fabrication shop. She is excluded from t= he > definition of recruiter and is not required to have a licence. > - certain educational institutions that find or attempt to find > employment in