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Archives for May 2015

Martha wins stolen wages

‘Ontario employers get slap on wrist for mistreating employees’: 4th article in Toronto Star series on precarious work

May 25, 2015

The current enforcement model of employment standards in Ontario does little to deter violations of the law: the system is understaffed, depends on workers who have experienced violations to confront their bosses, and rarely imposes penalties on employers beyond what they already should have paid. Good enforcement should make it cost – not pay –… contine reading

Mary Gellatly - Toronto Star opinion piece

‘Ontario allowing employers to fire workers without cause’: 3rd article in Toronto Star series on precarious work

May 19, 2015

The Employment Standards Act is supposed to set the minimum floor of standards for workers in non-unionized jobs. But a dizzying array of exemptions, loopholes, and gaps in the law have eroded that floor of rights and protections, and too many workers are falling through the cracks. Read this week’s article, ‘Ontario allowing employers to… contine reading

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Public consultations announced for labour law Review

May 14, 2015

The Ontario government has announced the dates and locations of the first public consultations being undertaken for its review of labour laws, the Changing Workplaces Review (CWR). The dates and locations are as follows:   To register to make a presentation at the consultations, email CWR.SpecialAdvisors@ontario.ca or call 1-888-868-5844. These public consultations are an important opportunity… contine reading

Infographic: Precarious & low-wage work is Ontario's new normal

Precarious and low-wage work is Ontario’s new normal

May 13, 2015

Currently in Ontario, 41% of work is part-time, contract, or own-account self-employed. Precarious and low-wage work is increasingly the new normal. And yet the Employment Standards Act has not kept up with the changing nature of work, leaving workers unprotected and struggling to get by in bad jobs. This has to change. As the government… contine reading

Angel Reyes

‘Ontario employers cashing in on temporary workers’: 2nd article in Toronto Star series on precarious work

May 11, 2015

Temp agency workers get paid lower hourly wages, don’t get benefits, and can sometimes be ‘temporary’ for years at the same workplace. Ontario’s Employment Standards Act doesn’t prevent any of that. Read today’s article, ‘Ontario employers cashing in on temporary workers’, the second in a four part series. As the government embarks on a review… contine reading

Infographic on the Wage Gap between Part-Time, Temporary, and Full-Time Workers

Part-time & temporary workers earn lower hourly wages than full-timers doing the same jobs. Stop the Wage Gap!

May 6, 2015

The Employment Standards Act does not prevent employers from paying lower hourly wages to part-time and temporary workers. This acts as an incentive for employers to hire people on a part-time or temporary basis, instead of promoting full-time work. In January 2015, part-timers earned median wages that were only 51% of what full-timers earned, and… contine reading

April 15 protest outside the Ontario Ministry of Labour

Toronto Star series on precarious work: every Monday in May

May 4, 2015

As the government embarks on a review of the Employment Standards Act and Labour Relations Act in Ontario, the Toronto Star is doing a four-part series on some of the key issues facing workers in precarious and low-wage jobs in the province. The series features interviews with workers, many of them members of the Workers’… contine reading

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