Equity legislation going back to the early 1960s has so far failed to tip the pay imbalance in Ontario. ...
Category: Jobs and Employment
Finance minister says foot-dragging by the feds on pot legalization could cost Ontarians
Provinces say they need months between enactment of legalization and start of sales, possibly making a July 1 start date a pipe dream. ...
Building Black identity via Twitter and town halls
Government aims to open pathways for Black youth with new public awareness campaign. ...
What cities, businesses and unions want for the 2018 budget
OPSEU president Smokey Thomas gets floral in his metaphors on the insidious creep of privatization, spreading its seed across sectors. ...
Poll: Ontarians split on support for paying more at Tim Hortons to restore workers’ paid benefits and breaks
Would you pay more for a cruller if it would mean the person ringing it up got paid breaks and benefits? ...
Labour minister praises independent café that embraces minimum wage increase
Kevin Flynn also suggests the PCs will roll back the minimum wage, 'so we're doing everything from a legislative perspective to ensure that that can't happen.' ...
Demonstrators descend on Tim Hortons locations across the province
Politicians, labour leaders and business owners trade barbs over response to the minimum wage hike to $14. ...
2017 a ‘stellar year’ for job growth
Ontario creates 176,000 net new jobs, a growth rate of 2.5 per cent year over year. ...
Duguid defends premier’s Twitter comments on Tim Hortons clawbacks
Small businesses and large chains from Ottawa to Cobourg, Toronto and Leamington are cutting employee hours and upping prices to cope with the extra cost. ...
NDP MPP Cindy Forster will not seek re-election
Legislator from Welland to step aside in June to focus on sick husband, leaving the NDP stronghold up for grabs. ...