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Have your say on Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy / donnez votre avis sur la Stratégie ontarienne de réduction de la pauvreté

March 30, 2020

** Français ci-dessous ** The provincial government is conducting consultations for a new poverty reduction strategy for Ontario. Have your say! ISAC has provided a . Informed by ongoing consultation with our community partners on issues relevant to our mandate, we make the following recommendations: Connecting people to good jobs: Recommendation #1: Ensure sufficient funding, inter-ministerial collaboration …

Filed Under: Blog, General, Policy Advocacy, Public Education Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage, Social Assistance General

Have your say on Ontario’s 2020 Budget / donnez votre avis sur le budget de l’Ontario 2020

January 21, 2020

** Français ci-dessous ** Time for Justice: Have your say on Ontario’s 2020 Budget Ontario’s Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs is conducting Pre-Budget Consultations. ISAC appeared at the Standing Committee’s hearings and provided a . Informed by ongoing consultation with our community partners on issues relevant to our mandate, we make the following recommendations for the 2020 budget: …

Filed Under: General, Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Access to Justice, Auditor General, Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance General, Social Assistance Rates

Bill 47 is a Step Back for Ontario’s Workers

November 6, 2018

On October 23, Ontario’s government tabled Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act. The legislation, which will repeal portions of Bill 148 (the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act), is a major setback for workers’ rights in Ontario. Bill 148, passed in November 2017, was the result of years of campaigning and advocacy for …

Filed Under: Blog, General, Public Education Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage

Gender Equality Week: What’s the state of women’s economic equality in the workplace?

September 27, 2018

September 23rd marked the beginning of the very first Gender Equality Week in Canada, aimed at celebrating the progress Canada has made in advancing gender equality while also reflecting on the work that remains to be done. Bill C-309, which became law earlier this year, designates the fourth week of September each year as Gender …

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: economic justice, Employment Insurance, Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage

Ontario jobs numbers contradict fears about raising the minimum wage

August 29, 2018

This Labour Day weekend marks eight months since Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, came into effect. Bill 148 increased the minimum wage from $11.60 to $14.00 an hour, gave all workers access to ten job-protected personal emergency leave days (the first two of which are paid), legislated equal pay for equal work …

Filed Under: Blog, Public Education Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Good Jobs, Minimum Wage

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Federal review of labour standards

January 29, 2018

The federal government is doing a review of the labour standards that affect workers in federally-regulated sectors, like banking, telecommunications and inter-provincial and international transportation. We’ve just learned that they’re conducting a consultation with Canadians about how federal labour standards should be updated. The consultation ends this Wednesday, January 31.  The Government wants to know …

Filed Under: Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage

Ontario Budget 2018: Take Action on Income Security / Passons à l’action pour la sécurité du revenu

January 22, 2018

– la version française suit dessous – It’s pre-Budget time in Ontario. As we noted recently, now’s the time to tell the Government and the Opposition parties that they must take bold steps on income security in Ontario. These steps must include major investments in transforming social assistance, starting with raising the rates, and employment standards enforcement. …

Filed Under: Community Organizing, Policy Advocacy, Public Education Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage, Provincial Budgets, Roadmap, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform

National Day of Action in support of Tim Hortons workers: Friday, Jan 19

January 18, 2018

This Friday – TOMORROW – the Fight for $15 & Fairness, together with the Ontario Federation of Labour and Leadnow, are hosting more than 50 actions outside Tim Hortons restaurants across the country.  ISAC proudly supports this day of action and hopes you can join us on Friday, January 19.  Anger continues to grow in response to the …

Filed Under: Community Organizing Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage

Ontario Budget 2018: Time to Push for Roadmap and More

January 11, 2018

The deadline to provide feedback to the Ministry of Community and Social Services on the Roadmap for Change report passed on January 5. But that’s not the end of the opportunity to have your say. It’s pre-Budget time, and the Government and Opposition parties are looking for input from the public on what the priorities …

Filed Under: Policy Advocacy Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage, Roadmap, Social Assistance Reform

Action alert: Stand up for workers across Ontario, Wednesday, January 10

January 9, 2018

Tomorrow, show your support for workers facing bully bosses! The minimum wage has gone up to $14 an hour starting January 1st! But some businesses have responded by cutting paid breaks and shifts, firing workers, and even engaging in wage theft. You’ve probably seen the news that several Tim Hortons stores across Ontario have been …

Filed Under: Community Organizing Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Minimum Wage

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