Unemployment drops to lowest level since 2000, while net new jobs hit biggest single-month spike since global recession. ...
Category: Jobs and Employment
Minimum wage law passes, flanked by sweeping labour reform
Changes made in committee give concessions to both workers and employers. ...
Back-to-work bill rolls forward, putting students one step closer to campus
Liberal MPPs skim newspaper, chat among themselves during rare weekend debate, conduct Andrea Horwath called "shameful." ...
College students could be back in class Tuesday as MPPs prepare to debate strike-ending bill all weekend
The Liberals tabled back-to-work legislation Friday afternoon, backed by the PCs but still opposed by the NDP. ...
College faculty face abrupt back-to-work legislation, but students may be out of class another week
Negotiation breaks down mere hours into resumption of talks, with Wynne taking swift action to deal with fallout. ...
Minimum wage hike a guaranteed issue in spring election, with positions staked out and potshots fired
NDP ad attacking PC plan to phase in the wage bump over four years arrives 24 hours after Tory announcement. ...
Progressive Conservatives vow to push back $15-an-hour minimum wage to 2022
The PCs are promising to keep the minimum wage lower than the government has promised, if they win the 2018 election. ...
Horwath presses for more paid leave, vacation and protections for workers
The NDP Leader unveiled a dozen demands she plans to make around labour legislation in committee next Tuesday. ...
College faculty to vote on deal to end strike
Colleges say faculty union has "stonewalled" them, prompting call to vote on their offer after weeks of picketing. ...
Liberal government tackling welfare reform before 2018 election: Minister
The government has promised a new report on social assistance will be a roadmap for reform. ...