Ontario is toughening up workplace sexual harassment laws in September, and employers and employees can now take a look at what legally constitutes inappropriate behaviour. Bill 132, which received royal assent in Mar ...
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NDP targets temp worker agencies as a byelection issue
The party's "fair day's pay" proposal would tighten up employment laws that allow agencies to charge employer clients a mark-up for supplying staff. ...
‘An elephant gun to shoot a flea’: interim workplace report raises eyebrows
Labour lawyer Howard Levitt contends the interim review is too labour-friendly, calling it "personal payback" from the Liberals to deep-pocketed unions. ...
Labour laws face scrutiny in interim Changing Workplaces Review report
Preliminary "options" to remedy the province's antiquated labour laws have drawn mixed reviews from labour and employer groups. ...
Autoworkers’ union counting on Ontario to chip in for auto industry investment
The top priority for Unifor is new commitments for Canadian-built vehicles, and Unifor president Jerry Dias says it is "do-or-die time." ...
Faulty SAMS rollout spawned ‘toxic’ work environment: report
A report from the union that represents staff who operate the social assistance payment system say the human costs cannot be ignored. ...
Ontario moving ahead with mandatory co-op, but no price tag or timeline yet
Matthews: "Part of the work we're doing will be looking at what the costs are, but the question I would say is, what are the costs of not doing anything?" ...
Plan for mandatory co-op dismissed as ‘unworkable’ by labour lawyer
Last week's report from the government's workforce expert panel calls for students to complete work experience programs, but fails to map out the "billions of dollars" it will take to implement, says youth and labour law ...
Toronto mayor, feds meet to discuss spike in gun violence, province left out for now
Toronto Liberal MPP Mike Colle, who has a private member's bill that would increase penalties for driving with illegal handguns, said he didn't get an invite to the meeting. ...
Labour ministry launches young workers initiative with focus on precarious jobs
As of June 10, it will also be illegal for employers to claw back an employee's tips. ...
Heard: Internship inspection blitz spots $140,630 in owed wages
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Province and OPSEU developing new pay-equity framework
OPSEU says the current collective bargaining pay-equity model, which is meant to ensure jobs dominated by women aren't paid less, is "outdated." ...
Seen: New manufacturing training centre opens at Seneca College
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Essar Steel Algoma puts itself up for sale under bankruptcy restructuring
Essar is the second major Ontario steel producer on the block in a battered steel industry. ...
Heard: Natural resources ministry to offer 2,000 summer jobs
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Glut feared in Ontario labour market as jobless Albertans head east
As unemployment rises sharply in Alberta while Ontario add jobs, skilled tradespeople are expected to move to where the work is. But the Ontario Trades Council, for one, warns Ontario's supply of labour could outstrip de ...
Ontario the bright spot in Canada, adding 20,000 jobs in January
Ontario was the only province to post a net job gain in January; Alberta, meanwhile, has seen its unemployment rate rise above the national average for the first time since 1988. ...
Heard: ONA says 1,200 nurses have lost jobs in last year
The government has frozen hospital budgets for four years while restructuring the health care system to reduce expensive hospital services and provide more home care. ...
TransCanada signs deal to supply Energy East pipeline, add 210 jobs in Quebec
The deal with ABB to build electrical equipment for the pipeline project comes after TransCanada signed a deal with GE Canada in late 2014 to supply motors for the pipeline, adding 250 jobs in Ontario ...
Happening: Province grants $1 million to Leamington food processor
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Labour minister announces PTSD strategy, hints at future legislation
A bill is in the works to provide better PTSD treatment for first responders, but Labour Minister Kevin Flynn stopped short of outlining exactly how the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act will be amended. ...
Heard: NDP labour critic presses Wynne to examine Goodwill shutdown
Cindy Forster calls the situation 'alarming," meets with some of the 430 affected workers in an effort to reverse company's closure. ...
Ontario business confidence drops to five-year low, Chamber of Commerce says
Emerging Stronger report finds that only 30 per cent of businesses are confident in Ontario’s economy, compared to 47 per cent in 2012. ...
Heard: Province hikes wages for early childhood workers
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Seen: Province opens new Ottawa clinic for work-related injuries
First facility of its kind serving patients throughout eastern Ontario ...
Labour bill with controversial merger reform passes third reading
A PC MPP went so far as to call the bill 'a direct, unmitigated assault on freedom of association in the workplace' ...
Engineers say government misled them over promised change to labour law
Professional Engineers Ontario say that in 2010, the Liberal government committed to dropping a labour law exception but reversed course under pressure from business groups. ...
Flynn: Both sides will be ‘treated fairly’ in EllisDon dispute resolution
After the NDP raised the issue in question period, Labour Minister Kevin Flynn said the government is trying to prevent a winner-takes-all result from the court process ...
Heard: ETFO teachers ratify contract with province, school boards
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Seen: Unionized cab drivers in Ottawa protest lockout
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Heard: Province helps expand Parry Sound food maker
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Seen: Workers at No Frills stores to consider tentative contract
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Heard: OPS workers ratify new deal with province by 78 per cent vote
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GFL makes $800-million deal in waste disposal business in eastern Ontario
GFL Environmental buys TransForce's waste disposal business in Ottawa, Quebec ...
Seen: Unifor pushes for changes to employment standards
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Heard: Timmins district high-school teachers gird for strike
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Heard: OECTA gets second local deal in Peterborough board
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Op-ed: Jobs, clean energy and low prices linked to nuclear refurb, says Dillon
Building trades union leader Patrick Dillon provides an op-ed in support of the planned upgrades at the Bruce Power nuclear plant, which employs many trades workers. ...
Heard: OPSEU appeals decision absolving Brockville Mental Health Centre
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Seen: PaperWorks to close Hamilton plant, move production to Kitchener
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Heard: UPS Canada workers ratify five-year deal
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Heard: ETFO to stop extracurricular activities to back contract demands
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Seen: OPSEU pickets St. Catharines job fair to protest home-care company dispute
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Heard: Catholic teachers get first local contract
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ORPP implementation to proceed while CPP negotiations take place
To expand the CPP, the federal government will need the consent of two-thirds of provinces — and even if it satisfies Ontario's requirements, those negotiations could take a while. ...
Heard: Air Canada signs 10-year labour deal with CUPE flight attendants
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Election 2015: What it means for Queen’s Park policies
Depending on which federal party is in the driver's seat on Parliament Hill on Tuesday, some of the biggest policies of the Ontario Liberal government could look very different going forward ...
Heard: Chatham-Kent public health nurses to hold information picket on labour dispute
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OMA warns of ‘serious concerns’ with more administration in primary care
The Ontario Medical Association said the suggestions on how to re-organize the health-care system included in the report on patient care groups released publicly yesterday could take 'years' and 'much needed funds.' ...
Seen: Francophone teachers union ratifies central agreement
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