Worker Rights

• Ontario to increase fines for ‘bad actor’ employers

  Labour Minister David Piccini says his government will introduce legislation next week that will see fines increased for violations of the Employment Standards Act.

  Politics

  May 3, 2024
  
• Ontario government to review Liberal labour reforms

  The Ontario government wants to review Bill 148, which mandates equal pay for part-time and temporary workers doing the same job as full-time workers, increases sick day benefits and paid vacation and increases the minimum wage from $14 an hour to $15 on Jan. 1, 2019.

  Politics

  Oct 3, 2018
  
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• WestJet union drive helped by dissatisfaction with pay formula, says flight attendant

  Growing anger among WestJet flight attendants about a compensation model that restricts hourly wages to time actually spent in the sky bodes well for a unionization drive at the airline, according to one employee who backs labour organization.

  Money

  Mar 16, 2018
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• CTrain passengers concerned after driver cites 12-hour shift for refusal to proceed

  Questions are being raised about shift lengths of Calgary Transit drivers after a CTrain operator refused to go any further along the Red Line in the city’s northwest Wednesday night.

  Investigations

  Nov 17, 2016
• US poultry workers forced to wear diapers on job: report

  A report from international advocacy group Oxfam says poultry workers in the United States labour in a "climate of fear," with some forced to wear diapers on the job.

  Consumer

  May 12, 2016
• Walmart sued for denying benefits to same-sex couple

  A U.S. woman filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday accusing retail giant Wal-Mart of wrongly denying employee benefits.

  Consumer

  Jul 14, 2015