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Employment Standards

Temporary Improvements to Employment Insurance in Response to Tariff Threats Don’t Go Far Enough

Employment Insurance (EI) has always been an important program for workers in Canada who lose their jobs. It’s even more important now in the face of US tariffs. The tariffs are expected to cause wide-ranging…

April 1, 2025
Disability Justice, Employment Insurance (EI), Employment Standards, Policy Advocacy, Workers' Rights
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Federal Budget 2025: ISAC’s Budget Submission (March 2025)

Every federal budget cycle includes a period for public submissions well in advance of budget deliberations. Last August, we posted our initial federal pre-budget submission linked here. In the months ensuing, we modified our submission…

March 31, 2025
Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Employment Insurance (EI), Employment Standards, Federal Budgets, Migrant Workers, Policy Advocacy
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New! Changes to Employment Standards Act on Unpaid Job-Protected Leave due to Long-Term Illness

The Government of Ontario has approved changes to the rules that govern unpaid leave due to long-term illness. Some workers will now have access to a 27-week long-term illness leave. During that time, their employer…

January 15, 2025
Employment Insurance (EI), Employment Standards, Minimum Wage, Workers' Rights
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ISAC’s Analysis of Ontario’s 2024 Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review

The Ontario Government’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement (FES) has revealed that the province is in an improved fiscal position compared to earlier projections in the 2024 Budget. This is mainly due to an overall deficit…

November 15, 2024
Employment Standards, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance, Workers' Rights
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Improve Equity and Fairness in the Hiring Process: Our Recommendations to the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MLITSD) on Job Postings

ISAC, together with the Workers Action Centre and Parkdale Community Legal Services, recently responded to a consultation held by the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development (MLITSD) on potential changes to the Employment…

September 25, 2024
Employment Standards, Migrant Workers, Policy Advocacy, Workers' Rights
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5 Recommendations to the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MLITSD) on Developing a New Personal Long-Term Illness Leave

The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development recently held a consultation on a proposal to include a new 27 week job-protected medical leave in the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA). There are…

May 14, 2024
Employment Standards, Government Benefits - General, Policy Advocacy, Workers' Rights
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Ontario Pre-Budget Submission 2024: An Opportunity to Change Course 

Ontario is in a state of unprecedented crisis. While the province recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic-induced shock on its socio-economic structure, Ontario’s low-income and vulnerable population have seen their poverty and marginalization increase in almost…

January 31, 2024
Disability Justice, Employment Standards, Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Poverty Reduction, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance, Workers' Rights

Changes coming for Ontario workers (CLEO re-post)

NOTE: The following information was compiled and posted by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on December 6, 2023, and is being re-posted with permission. Sign up for CLEO’s mailing list here! As 2024 approaches, it’s time to look…

December 8, 2023
Employment Insurance (EI), Employment Standards, Public Education, Workers' Rights
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Federal Budget 2024: ISAC’s Pre-Budget Submission (August 2023)

Every federal budget cycle includes a period for public submissions well in advance of budget deliberations. ISAC submitted recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance during the first 2024 Federal Budget pre-budget submission period which…

August 8, 2023
Canada Child Benefit (CCB), Canada Disability Benefit (CDB), Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Disability Justice, Employment Insurance (EI), Employment Standards, Federal Budgets, Indigenous Justice, Migrant Workers, Policy Advocacy

Ontario Budget 2023: Designed to Balance the Books on the Backs of Ontario’s Poorest During a Worsening Affordability Crisis

On Thursday, March 23, following Finance Minister Bethlenfalvy’s Speech from the Throne, the Provincial 2023-2024 Budget was introduced. Released shortly after the three-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Budget contained few provisions to support…

March 30, 2023
Employment Standards, Government Benefits - General, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance

Ontario Budget 2023: Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

In a typical year, provincial budget season lasts from January to early Spring, and includes pre-budget and budget submission periods, meetings, and hearings. On February 13, 2023, ISAC’s Senior Policy Analyst, Devorah Kobluk, spoke at…

February 15, 2023
Access to Justice, Employment Standards, Human Rights, Minimum Wage, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Policy Advocacy, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance Rates, Workers' Rights

Case Update: Discrimination and Wrongful Termination of an Indigenous Elder

The Income Security Advocacy Centre and Lake Country Community Legal Clinic jointly represented an Indigenous Elder in a legal challenge to the discrimination and wrongful termination he experienced while working as an Elder for the…

February 13, 2023
Employment Standards, Human Rights, Indigenous Justice, Litigation
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This site contains general legal information for people in Ontario, Canada. It is not intended to be used as legal advice for a specific legal problem. ISAC is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization. ISAC is funded by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). The funding for this website is also provided by LAO. The views expressed in any of ISAC’s publications (including written, oral, or visual) are the views of the clinic and do not necessarily reflect those of LAO.