Ontario Workers

• Ontario and Atlantic provinces rank lowest in Canada for worker happiness

  A new report is shedding light on workplace happiness and workers in Ontario and Atlantic Canada are at the bottom of the list.

  Canada

  Jul 3, 2025
  
• Telus tells Ontario call centre workers to relocate or risk losing their job

  Telus Corp. has informed around 150 call centre employees based in Ontario they must relocate by October, apply for another role or agree to be laid off.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2024
  
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• Minister says Ont. electronic monitoring policy ‘first step,’ experts say gaps remain

  Here's a look at what Ontario's electronic monitoring law means for workers in the province.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2022
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• Ontario proposes 2% raise for lower-paid education workers

  Ontario is proposing to give education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees who make less than $40,000 a two-per-cent raise per year.

  Education

  Aug 15, 2022
• Ontario businesses, workers ‘disappointed’ with new round of COVID-19 restrictions

  Ontario business owners were fretting about the future of their companies as workers braced for layoffs after the province levied new COVID-19 measures.

  Economy

  Jan 3, 2022
• Ontario expands training program to help pay tuition for those looking to switch careers

  Premier Doug Ford says with the Second Career Program workers can receive up to $28,000 each for education and living expenses while they receive training.

  Education

  Nov 22, 2021
• Ontario government announces $15 hourly minimum wage by 2022

  Premier Doug Ford said the hourly minimum wage will increase from the current $14.35 an hour to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, 2022 in Ontario.

  Consumer

  Nov 2, 2021
• Premier Doug Ford declines to apologize for comments about immigrants

  Ford says he is pro-immigration, no matter where people come from, and that his support base is made up of people from around the world — but he did not apologize.

  Politics

  Oct 19, 2021
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• Premier Doug Ford to thank workers at businesses for working during COVID-19 pandemic

  Premier Doug Ford will make multiple public appearances at businesses today to thank Ontario workers for their service during the pandemic.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2020
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• Ontario legislature expected to pass emergency COVID-19 bill to help workers

  The Ontario government is expected to pass emergency legislation today aimed at protecting workers who are forced to stay home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Mar 19, 2020