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Migrant Workers

Let’s make Bill 18 for “Stronger Workplaces” even stronger!

October 3, 2014

The Ontario government has re-introduced legislation that takes some important steps to improve the working conditions of workers in unstable employment – Bill 18 The Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2014.  Many of these changes are good for workers, but more must be done to truly bring fairness to our workplaces. We need… contine reading

A recipe for decent pay and decent work

February 27, 2014

This spring, we have the chance to pass legislation that could ensure a brighter future for hundreds of thousands of Ontarians.  Because communities around Ontario have spoken out about low pay, exploitative temp agencies, and abuses faced by migrant workers, there are five different bills before the Ontario legislature right now! Working together we have the… contine reading

live in caregivers and temporary foreign workers

Bill 210 provides protections for caregivers

March 22, 2010

Bill 210 “Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-in Caregivers and Others)”comes into effect today. The protections under Bill 210 will: Ban fees being charged directly or indirectly by recruiters to live-in-caregivers (e.g., recruitment/placement fees and fees for other supplementary services); Stop employers from charging or recovering recruitment/placement fees from live-in-caregivers; Allow live-in-caregivers up to… contine reading

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