Ontario job postings must disclose AI screening
Concerns Ontario Working for Workers Four Act (AI disclosure in job postings)
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In brief
Ontario job postings must disclose AI screening. Recorded for Ontario (Canada) on 1 January 2026. It concerns Ontario Working for Workers Four Act (AI disclosure in job postings). The Working for Workers Four Act provisions took effect requiring employers with 25 or more employees to state in public job postings whether AI is used to screen, assess or select applicants.
- Date
- 1 January 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Ontario (Canada)
- Impact
- Routine
- Status afterwards
- In force
- Official source
- Legislative Assembly of Ontario
What changed?
The Working for Workers Four Act provisions took effect requiring employers with 25 or more employees to state in public job postings whether AI is used to screen, assess or select applicants.
What does it mean in practice?
Add an AI-use statement to every public job posting for Ontario roles.
Official source
Bill 149Legislative Assembly of Ontario · 21 Mar 2024
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Ontario job postings must disclose AI screening” [AIPT-CHG-0139, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0139 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
Permanent id AIPT-CHG-0139: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.
Cite the official text alongside it: Bill 149, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-149.
BibTeX
@misc{aipolicytracker2026_ontariojobpostingsmustdi,
author = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
title = {{Ontario job postings must disclose AI screening}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2026-01-01-ontario-job-posting-ai-disclosure}},
url = {https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2026-01-01-ontario-job-posting-ai-disclosure},
urldate = {2026-11-12},
note = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 12 November 2026}
}
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