This joint submission by the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, Workers’ Action Centre, and Parkdale Community Legal Services offers several recommendations to improve Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021.
Policy Papers
Submission to the Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee
This joint submission to the OWRAC from the Workers’ Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services focuses on app-based companies’ use of misclassification to avoid their responsibility to gig workers.… contine reading
Submission on Employment Insurance for the 21st Century
Although the temporary Employment Insurance enhancements during COVID-19 are essential and welcomed, workers still need permanent improvements. The Inter-Provincial EI Working Group submitted crucial recommendations to the Standing Committee on… contine reading
Employment Insurance and Canada Recovery Benefits Extension Backgrounder
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.… contine reading
Temporary Help Agency Consultation
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… contine reading
Uncertain times: the transition from CERB to a new EI system under COVID-19
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… contine reading
Leave No One Behind: Principles for a New Employment Insurance and income support system
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… contine reading
Recommendations on Implementing 10 Days of Paid Sick Leave
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… contine reading
Submission on Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act
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… contine reading
Proposal for a Modern Fair Wage Policy for Canada
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… contine reading