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Link to backgrounder on EI and CRB extension

Employment Insurance and Canada Recovery Benefits Extension Backgrounder

February 17, 2021

The special COVID-19 Employment Insurance and Recovery Benefits will soon run out for many. People are already struggling to make ends meet with these benefits and cannot do without them. The whole economy is also impacted as these benefits have sustained consumer spending at local businesses during COVID-19. COVID-19 and its impacts are far from… contine reading

Link to report on Temporary Help Agency Consultation

Temporary Help Agency Consultation

January 21, 2021

This joint report from Parkdale Community Legal Services, Workers’ Action Centre, and Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC) addresses the lack of protection for temporary agency workers who do the most dangerous work for the least pay.  The use of temporary agencies likely contributed to the spread of COVID-19 on Ontario farms. Research from MWAC… contine reading

Uncertain times: the transition from CERB to a new EI system under COVID-19

August 14, 2020

Summary of findings of the online survey conducted by the Workers’ Action Centre to hear about the experiences people have had under COVID-19, and specifically the extent to which CERB met their needs, and how they will manage when CERB ends.

Leave No One Behind: Principles for a New Employment Insurance and income support system

August 6, 2020

When the federal government transitions recipients of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) onto a new Employment Insurance program in September 2020, following the principles outlined in this report will ensure that the new program does not leave any workers behind.

link to Implementing 10 days of paid sick leave

Recommendations on Implementing 10 Days of Paid Sick Leave

May 28, 2020

Public Health Officers across the country are telling people to stay home from work when sick. The federal government’s proposal for 10 days’ paid sick leave nation-wide is a crucial step to enable workers, particularly in the midst of the COVID recession, to go home or stay home from work when sick.  Fight for $15… contine reading

Bill 66 submission by WAC and PCLS

Submission on Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act

March 15, 2019

In our joint submission, Workers’ Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services inform the government that Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, would increase precarious and low-waged work if passed. It would reduce protections for workers from excessive overtime hours and unpaid overtime premium pay. Also, construction workers within a number of public organizations would lose the… contine reading

Proposal for a Modern Fair Wage Policy for Canada

Proposal for a Modern Fair Wage Policy for Canada

December 24, 2018

In our submission, the Workers’ Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services urge the federal government to broaden the fair wage act to cover all government contracts and apply through sub-contracting chains. By setting a level playing field for employers bidding for government work, especially when such contracts are awarded on a low-bid basis, fair wage… contine reading

Submission on Bill 47 Making Ontario Open for Business Act

Submission on Bill 47, Making Ontario Open for Business Act

November 12, 2018

Joint submission by the Workers’ Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services regarding Bill 47 that seeks to cancel the updates to the Employment Standards Act (ESA) and Labour Relations Act (LRA) recently won through Bill 148. The government is pushing Bill 47 through the legislative process despite little consultation with workers in precarious employment who depend… contine reading

Bill 3, An Act Respecting Transparency of Pay in Employment - WAC and PCLS submission

Submission on Bill 3, The Pay Transparency Act

April 23, 2018

Joint submission by the Workers’ Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services regarding Bill 3 that will eventually require employers with 250 or more employees to make public what they pay their employees. To strengthen this bill, we recommend that all employers be required to comply with pay transparency immediately upon passage of Bill 3. Strong… contine reading

Submission on the Canada Labour Code Review, January 2018

Submission in Response to Labour Program Questionnaire Concerning Modernizing Labour Standards under the Canada Labour Code

January 15, 2018

Joint response by the Workers’ Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services regarding the review of the Canada Labour Code insisting that workers employed in the federal jurisdiction receive at minimum the equivalent benefit, compensation and/or protection to that enjoyed by workers employed under provincial jurisdiction. We join in supporting this principle put forward by… contine reading

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