Canadian commercial real estate companies and major commercial tenants have begun addressing persistently poor employment practices – but, according to a new report, there are still many that need to clean up. The report Cleaning Up, released by the Shareholder Association for Research and Education, evaluates nine commercial real estate companies and five major office… contine reading
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Two Live-in Caregivers owed over $350,000 in unpaid wages and wrongful dismissal
Viviane and Lilliane fight back! Vivian worked 24 hours a day, 6 days a week caring for her elderly employer with medical problems and her two adult children with special needs. She worked 132 hours a week without any overtime pay. “I gave my life taking care of their family,” said Vivian. “They kept adding… contine reading
Wage Theft Video 3 – Unpaid wages, repeat violations
Follow a group of painters as they track down a well-know repeat violator who has a history of hiring workers and not paying them. Inside the luxury condo buildings of downtown Toronto, workers all along the subcontracting chain struggle with unpaid wages and numerous violations of their rights. Cash payments, no records or documentation of… contine reading
Wage Theft Video 2 – No protection on the job
Mohammed and Lillia share their personal stories of wage theft and the fight to get their unpaid wages. As a student Mohammed relied on his summer job to cover his student loans and the costs of going to university. Instead, the reality of the job was bounced cheques and no vacation or public holiday pay.… contine reading
Wage Theft Video 1 – Looking for work: job scams & ESA violations
Join a group of WAC members as they sit around the kitchen table calling job ads from the newspaper. Listen in as employers repeatedly make illegal offers of work demonstrating just how confident they are at breaking the law. Without strong penalties or prosecution for bosses who steal workers’ wages they boldly offer jobs at… contine reading
Persistent Poverty: Voices from the margins
Published by Between the Lines 2010 “Persistent Poverty, Voices from the Margins” documents the real lives of some of the poorest people living in one of the richest places in the world – people living on welfare in Ontario. It’s the third in a series from the InterFaith Social Assistance Review Committee and the stories… contine reading
Say NO to Bill 68
How would you feel if your wallet was stolen and the police told you to ask the thief for it back before they would help you? This is the question asked by members of WAC who launched a campaign in 2010 to stop Bill 68 from passing. The bill proposed changing the regulations of the… contine reading
Bill 210 provides protections for caregivers
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