Monte McNaughton blames energy, tax costs for layoffs at Cambridge aeronautics plant but company cites reduced demand alone. ...
Category: Jobs and Employment
New Metrolinx CEO’s $479,500 salary raises Tory ire
Phil Verster is also eligible for a $1,000-per-month vehicle allowance. ...
Liberals ‘chipping away’ at family medical leave via labour bill amendment, NDP charge
The change would allow an employer to count at least one day of unpaid family medical leave as an entire week. ...
Collective agreements will prevail over some labour law changes, for now
Bill 148 is at clause-by-clause consideration this week. ...
Relief to offset $15 minimum wage may be temporary, labour minister suggests
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce released an economic-impact analysis on the government's proposed labour reforms Monday. ...
Union calls for reforms after alleged assaults at psychiatric hospital
"No worker should have to face this level and frequency of violence in their workplace," OPSEU's president says in wake of the report of another violent incident at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care in Penetanguish ...
NDP tease amendments aimed at bolstering Liberals’ new labour bill
Every minimum-wage earner would eventually make $15 an hour if the NDP had their way. ...
Ontario’s unemployment rate dips to 6.1 per cent in July
Canada’s jobless rate was down 0.2 percentage points last month to 6.3 per cent, with a spike in full-time work. ...
Wynne and talk-show host spar on air over $15 minimum wage
The premier fended off fightin' words from a right-leaning pundit concerned for small business on Newstalk 1010 Tuesday morning. ...
Precarious employment tops agenda at final labour law hearing
Business owners voice anxiety over 32 per cent minimum wage hike in 18-month period. ...