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)… contine reading
Policy Papers
Submission on Bill 3, The Pay Transparency Act
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… contine reading
Submission in Response to Labour Program Questionnaire Concerning Modernizing Labour Standards under the Canada Labour Code
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… contine reading
Sample Letter for Submission on the Exemptions Review
Many workers won’t have access to the new rights in The Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148) because of special rules that exempt employers from complying with basic employment… contine reading
Submission to the Ministry of Labour: Phase 1 Review of the ESA and LRA
The government announced on May 30, 2017 that it would review exemptions and special rules in the Employment Standards Act (ESA). Phase 1 of the review, launched October 18, 2017, is… contine reading
Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017: Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
Joint submission by the Workers’ Action Centre, Parkdale Community Legal Services, and the Fight for $15 and Fairness Campaign to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Bill… contine reading
Submission to the Ministry of Labour: Ontario’s Fair Wage Policy
Joint submission by the Workers’ Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services to the Ministry of Labour regarding Ontario’s Fair Wage Policy.
Submission on Bill 148: Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act
Joint submission by the Parkdale Community Legal Services, the $15 and Fairness Campaign and Workers’ Action Centre, to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Bill 148: Fair Workplaces, Better… contine reading
Building Decent Jobs from the Ground Up
New report by Workers’ Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services responds to the Ministry of Labour’s Changing Workplace Review Interim Report. Special Advisors are accepting submissions until October 14,… contine reading
Submission to the Changing Workplaces Review on Personal Emergency Leave
Workers’ Action Centre, in association with Parkdale Community Legal Services, calls on the Ontario government to make Personal Emergency Leave (PEL) accessible to all workers. Ministry of Labour is accepting submissions on PEL… contine reading