Labour Program Administrative Burden Baseline: Update 2022

The Administrative Burden Baseline provides Canadians with a clear metric on the total number of requirements in federal regulations and associated forms that impose administrative burden on business. This baseline contributes to the openness and transparency of the federal regulatory system.

All federal regulations that are administered by the Labour Program that have requirements that impose administrative burden on business are identified below. The total 2022 count is 31,491.

Three regulations increased the Administrative Burden count in 2022 from 31,371 to 31,491:

• The Regulations Amending the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (Part XI) increased the count by 84 due to requirements for employers to survey their workplaces to identify all confined spaces, including hazardous confined spaces, as well as monitor and keep records of persons who enter them, and maintain records of employees who received instruction and training on emergency procedures and obligations while working in confined spaces.
• The Pay Equity Regulations increased the count by 16 due to requirements for employers to:
  • make posted documents accessible and transparent
  • collect workplace information to establish and update their pay equity plans
  • report additional information to their employees in their pay equity plans
  • report additional information to the Pay Equity Commissioner in their annual statements
• The Standards for Work-related Learning Activities Regulations increased the count by 20 due to requirements for employers to keep records relating to student interns.

Contact

Judith Buchanan
Director General
Workplace Directorate, Labour Program
819-654-4362
judith.buchanan@labour-travail.gc.ca

Related links

• Administrative Burden Baseline: 2014 Baseline Count

The Labour Program Administrative Burden Baseline count for other previous years is available upon request.