The Ontario government is reviewing the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act for the first time in decades. The two Special Advisors leading the Changing Workplaces Review issued an Interim Report on July…
The provincial government increased Ontario Works (OW) and Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates in the 2016 Ontario Budget. As in past years, we’ve created a rates sheet to give people an idea of what…
ISAC is hiring a staff lawyer for a permanent full-time position The primary role of the staff lawyer is to undertake strategic litigation aimed at expanding the legal rights, remedies and benefits available to low…
Nearly half of Canadians spend all or more of their take-home pay
Premier Wynne prorogues legislature; new session to start Monday with Throne Speech
Poverty reduction advocate pleads to the Premier for Bill 185
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CUPW gives 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post
Province must fund child care to tackle gender wage gap, says report
Let us keep more money, Ottawa disability advocates tell province
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Broadbent Blog: On reconciliation, the government can and must do more
Flexible, versatile workers will be key for future job types: World Economic Forum Report
Climate change and health: Extreme heat is a silent killer
Video: ODSP recipient in London can’t afford to pay his hydro bill
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Heat wave baking people with low incomes in Niagara
Climate change prompts Hamilton to modify its heat bylaw for apartments
Sweltering Toronto tenants still wait for maximum heat law
Poverty has a drastic impact on health, especially in rural Ontario
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Rural Ontario in crisis due to high hydro rates
Ontario wage-theft victims lost $28 million to poor enforcement
Advocates say “hands off our assets” and raise allowable employment earnings in OW and ODSP
Letter to the editor: It’s clear that injured workers are being treated unfairly by the WSIB
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Workplace violations widespread in Ontario, says Changing Workplaces Review interim report
Editorial: Province should protect workers from being fired without cause
Editorial: Migrant workers deserve better
Pensioner in Bancroft left in the dark after Hydro pulls the plug
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Injured workers are routinely cut off WSIB benefits by improper rulings
Canada Child Benefit cheques hit mailboxes and bank accounts this week
Three positive steps toward ending poverty in Canada – CCB, GIS top-up and ACB
Meanwhile, child care is becoming a privilege only upper-income Canadians can afford
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Canada Child Benefit will fight poverty – as long as provinces co-operate
WSIB stands by its use of “paper doctors” after calls for ombudsman probe
First Nations leaders leery of announcement on child welfare
Incomes of Canadian seniors and singles stagnant in 2014
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Two recent announcements from the Ministry of Community and Social Services will be positive for people with children who receive Ontario Works and ODSP benefits. Parents to keep full amount of child support payments As…