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May 1: No Worker Left Behind! / Travailleuses et travailleurs uni.e.s!

April 30, 2019

Tomorrow is International Workers Day – here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. * Go to a May 1st action near you, take a picture of yourself with this placard and share on social media using the hashtag: #UniteAgainstRacism. * If you can’t go to an action, post a photo any way and …

Filed Under: Community Organizing, General Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Good Jobs, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

Ontario Budget 2019 Announces $1 Billion in OW and ODSP Cuts

April 11, 2019

– Massive Cuts to Legal Aid Funding Also Announced – The 2019/2020 Ontario Budget was announced today, and creates even more uncertainty for people who receive benefits from the Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) system. While the Budget is short on details about changes to social assistance, it confirms many of …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: enews, Provincial Budgets, Social Assistance Rates, Social Assistance Reform, Tax Related Benefits

Bill 66 is a step backwards for Ontario’s workers

April 9, 2019

On April 2nd, 2019 the Ontario government passed Bill 66, the Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act. This Bill is a sweeping piece of legislation that will negatively impact on environmental, consumer, labour and public service regulations for Ontarians. For workers the proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (“ESA”) and the Labour Relations Act, 1995 …

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Workers Rights

File Your Taxes: New federal tax credit this year

March 22, 2019

It’s almost tax time again! For low-income Ontarians, filing your income tax return is important as you may be able to benefit from tax credits that will either increase your income or reduce the amount of taxes you have to pay. Even if you don’t owe any money, you can get refundable credits that will …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: enews, Tax Related Benefits

MARCH 21: #UNITEAGAINSTRACISM | CROSS-CANADA DAY OF ACTION / Journée d’Action Transcanadienne: Unissons-Nous Contre Le Racisme!

March 18, 2019

Here’s an important call to action from our partners at the Migrant Rights Network. Migrants and refugees are being forced out from their homes in unprecedented numbers globally. Here in Canada, anti-immigrant protests and racially motivated attacks are on the rise. Meanwhile, right wing politicians who use anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric are getting rewarded with …

Filed Under: Community Organizing, General Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Good Jobs, Human Rights, Migrant Workers

Human Rights Tribunal ruling on insurance companies and CPP-D: Reilly v. Ford

February 11, 2019

In a disappointing decision released on January 18, 2019, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled that insurance companies do not discriminate when they deduct benefits received from a Canada Pension Plan Disability pension from long-term disability insurance payments. Background on the Case Disability insurance plays a critical role in ensuring that those who are …

Filed Under: Litigation Tagged With: CPP-D, enews, Human Rights

End Employment Insurance discrimination against women / Mettre fin à la discrimination

February 8, 2019

* La version française suit * End Employment Insurance discrimination against women In the mid-1990s, Canada’s unemployment insurance system underwent a massive change. At that time, whether or not an unemployed worker qualified for payments was based on the number of weeks that they had worked before they lost their job. Although there were lots …

Filed Under: Blog, Community Organizing, General, Policy Advocacy, Public Education Tagged With: Employment Insurance, enews

Changes Ontario is Proposing to OW and ODSP

February 7, 2019

Note: This information may now be out of date, as some of the announced changes have since been canceled. For an update, see this fact sheet. On November 22, 2018, Minister Lisa MacLeod announced a number of proposed changes to the Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) system. We have prepared several …

Filed Under: Policy Advocacy, Public Education Tagged With: enews, Social Assistance Reform

Ontario Court of Appeal ruling is a victory for Uber workers

February 7, 2019

In a ground breaking case, the Ontario Court of Appeal has decided that a clause in Uber’s contract with its drivers – which requires them to take legal disputes with the company to the Netherlands to be resolved – is “illegal” and “unconscionable”. This case offers workers some important protections where there may be unfair …

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Employment Standards, enews, Good Jobs

OW & ODSP: What is a “Health Spending Account”? / OT & POSPH : Qu’est-ce qu’un « compte gestion-santé »?

February 5, 2019

What a “Health Spending Account” might mean to people on OW & ODSP On November 22, the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services announced a number of proposed changes to the social assistance system in Ontario. Among these proposed changes is the creation of something called a Health Spending Account. While there are currently …

Filed Under: Public Education Tagged With: enews, Social Assistance Reform

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