The Workers’ Action Centre phone line is open 3 days per week. If you have a workplace problem, please call us at 416-531-0778 (Toll-free: 1-855-531-0778), and leave a message asking to speak to someone in your language. All support from the Workers’ Action Centre is free and confidential!
Our regular phone line hours are: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 12 pm to 5 pm
(We are closed on public holidays.)
Check out some of the rights workers have won, and don’t hesitate to give us a call if you need help defending any of them:
- $17.60 general minimum wage
- $16.60 minimum wage for students under 18
- The minimum wage for liquor servers has been eliminated, so they now receive the general minimum wage rate.
- There is an annual minimum wage adjustment each year on October 1st. These minimum wages will be adjusted upwards on October 1, 2026 according to the Consumer Price Index.
- Job-protected leaves for all workers: You get 3 days if you are sick; 3 days for family responsibilities, such as an illness or urgent matter of a family member; and 2 days for bereavement. Your employer is allowed to ask you for evidence in order to take these leaves. We no longer get any paid sick days. (We are fighting for at least 10 paid emergency leave days and 14 more during public health emergencies.)
- 1 week notice or pay in lieu of notice when temporary agency workers are terminated from assignments that were supposed to last 3 months or longer.
- Temporary agencies and their client companies are jointly responsible for unpaid wages, overtime, public holiday pay and injuries.
- Temporary agencies and recruiters must have a license to operate in Ontario. If you are a worker and are using a temp agency or recruiter, make sure they are licensed by looking them up in the Ontario government’s licensing database.
- Misclassification is illegal. If you are an employee who is being misclassified as self-employed, call us for help.
- 3 weeks of vacation after 5 years of working at the same company.
- Domestic or sexual violence leave of up to 10 individual days of leave and up to 15 weeks of leave if you or your child is experiencing or being threatened with domestic or sexual violence. The first 5 days of leave each year will be paid.
We are committed to defending and expanding these labour laws. Will you help us fight for workers’ rights? Here are a few things you can do:
- When you have a problem at work, call us at 416-531-0778. All calls are free and confidential. We also have a toll-free number which is 1-855-531-0778.
- Sign up for Action Alerts at the bottom of the page.
- Join the fight to Stop Wage Theft in Ontario.
- Read and share information about your rights at work.
- Join and support the Justice for Workers campaign. Visit Justice4Workers.org.
- Support the Workers’ Action Centre.