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Ontario at bottom for good jobs, social spending: Report
Ontario now boasts the highest proportion of minimum wage workers in Canada and one of the worst rates of long-term unemployment in the country, according to a new report by an anti-poverty coalition representing 90 community and labour organizations across the province… The report shows that Ontarians now pay more for health-care expenses than any other province. Funding per student for post-secondary education is the lowest in the country. Wait times for affordable housing and long-term care are the longest nationwide, and child-care costs are the highest.
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Hiring portal aims to connect once-homeless youth with job opportunities
We asked ourselves how we could best use our combined assets to help more young people find employment… The result is HireUp – Canada’s first national hiring portal that connects employers with youth-serving organizations across Canada. Through the portal, Canadian employers gain access to the skills and talents of young people who have previously spent time on the streets and have now completed job skills training programs to fully prepare them for the workplace.
Tags: economy, homelessness, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Closing the Gender Wage Gap
The Gender Wage Gap Strategy Steering Committee… will examine how women are affected by the gender wage gap, at work, in their family, and in their community. They will assess how government, business, labour, other organizations, and individual leaders can work together to resolve issues that may cause the wage gap… The… Steering Committee has created two consultation papers… for organizations, and… for individuals… Public townhall sessions will be held across the province.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living, women
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The reality of Harper’s Conservatives and Canada’s stagnant job growth
Over the past two years and change, the country has added a net 263,000 jobs – or a thin 10,000 a month. (U.S. employment, after accounting for the size difference, grew at nearly triple the Canadian pace over the same period.) In that time, Canada’s working-age population has grown by nearly 700,000; job creation hasn’t even come close to matching population growth… The vast bulk of job creation has been in the lower-paying services sector.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Ontario’s labour ministry must collect unpaid wages
It’s hard to believe you could work for a company and not get paid. But that’s what’s happening to thousands of workers across Ontario each year. And though the Ministry of Labour has the means to collect wages on behalf of employees… Its current success rate is only 37 per cent on the cases where it actually issued orders to pay. Worse, it prosecuted only eight employers who had refused to pay. That is alarming. It’s a Get Out of Jail Free card for employers who refuse to pay their workers.
Tags: crime prevention, economy, featured, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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Governments must protect those in ‘precarious’ jobs
… most precarious workers never complain to the Ministry of Labour. That’s because the employment act currently offers no protection against unjust dismissal. So most employees – who are identified to their employer by the ministry the moment they make a complaint – choose a pay cheque over their rights… these recommendations will put an end to precarious employment, they could go a long way toward helping workers lead more stable home and work lives, bolster economic competitiveness, and protect workers’ rights.
Tags: crime prevention, economy, featured, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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Ontario employers get slap on wrist for mistreating employees
Under the current model, employers have almost no incentive to obey the law in the first place… And while employers can afford lawyers, the majority of workers cannot… Recognizing that relying on vulnerable workers to enforce their own rights makes little sense, many jurisdictions have moved to a more proactive model of enforcement.
Tags: crime prevention, featured, ideology, participation, rights, standard of living
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5 Things You Don’t Know About Minimum Wage Workers in Canada
… nearly half of Canada’s minimum wage workforce are employed by companies with 500+ employees – pointing to the role of large corporate chains in driving the trend towards a more precarious, low-paid workforce… wage increases should never be “arbitrary” – tying the minimum wage to the rate of inflation (consumer price index) is one way to prevent wages from stagnating while offering businesses a stable and predictable way to anticipate and plan for future increases.
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Meet the man injured Ontario workers ‘love to hate’
… “tailor-made” programs with flexible recuperation deadlines… if you don’t get a worker back within 90 days of their injury, the chances that they ever go back to work drop by 50 per cent… the WSIB hired 300 additional staff to help those injured “negotiate” their way back… The unfunded liability has been shrunk from a high of $14.2 billion to just over $9 billion in five years, the number of workers not back to work after a year has dropped by more than half and lost time claims have dropped by 17 per cent
Tags: disabilities, economy, Health, pensions, standard of living
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Ottawa’s manufacturing fund a mirage
What is clear is that the money is not flowing. There is a striking mismatch between the government’s professed desire to “push Ontario to the forefront of high-tech manufacturing” and its inability to deliver. There is a strong suspicion that the disbursements — when they finally do come — will be concentrated in the months before next October’s election… The message they are sending to Ontario’s manufacturers: Keep waiting.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, jurisdiction, standard of living
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