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Where can I get more information and help?
For more information or help, contact your union, the Employment Standards Information Centre, or a community legal clinic.
To find your nearest community legal clinic, go to the Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) website at www.legalaid.on.ca. Click on Contact then Community legal clinics. Or you can call LAO at:
Toronto area: 416-979-1446
Toll-free: 1-800-668-8258
Bell Relay Service: 1-800-855-0511
Toronto area TTY: 416-598-8867
You can also see CLEO's resource called Getting Legal Help: A Directory of Community Legal Clinics in Ontario.
CLEO's Steps to Justice website has step-by-step information about common legal issues, including leaves and other workers' rights. Visit www.stepstojustice.ca and see the information in the Employment and Work section.
For help with an application to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, you can contact the Human Rights Legal Support Centre. Visit their website at www.hrlsc.on.ca or call them:
Toll-free: 1-866-625-5179
Toronto area: 416-597-4900
Toll-free TTY: 1-866-612-8627
Toronto area TTY: 416-597-4903