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In October 2021, the provincial general minimum wage increased ten cents to $14.35 per hour, and the student and server minimum increased to $13.50 and $12.55 respectively. Amid rising inflation and cost of living, critics dismissed the ten cent increase as being so little, that it was meaningless. Deena Ladd, executive director of the Workers ...
In 2013, 50% of minimum wage workers were between the ages of 15 and 19; in 1997, it was 36%. 50.2% of workers in this age group were paid minimum wage in 2013, an increase from 31.5% in 1997. Statistics Canada notes that "youth, women and persons with a low level of education were the groups most likely to be paid at minimum wage." [2]
In March 2017, the Liberal government announced "free tuition" for families earning less than $50,000 by updating the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). [117] Ontario's minimum wage increased $2.40 from $11.60 to $14 effective from January 1, 2018. Wynne also planned to increase the minimum wage to $15 the following year. [118]
The Employment Standards Act, 2000 [1] (the Act) is an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Act regulates employment in the province of Ontario, including wages, maximum work hours, overtime, vacation, and leaves of absence. It differs from the Ontario Labour Relations Act, which regulates unionized labour in Ontario.
The Making Ontario Open for Business Act (Bill 47, 2018; French: Loi de 2018 pour un Ontario ouvert aux affaires) is a law in the province of Ontario that froze the minimum wage in the province and removing a number of protections of workers' rights. [1]
The minimum wage and council recommendations apply only to fast food restaurants with 60 or more locations nationwide. The agenda for the first meeting includes a swearing-in ceremony, a ...
Initially the campaign focused on the unmet needs of low-wage workers in precarious employment in Ontario. [1] In April 2015, the campaign organized Ontario-wide demonstrations. [2] After the passing of the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, 2018 reduced the Ontario Government's commitment to minimum wage, protesting continued on a smaller ...
Aug. 6—After much of the crowd trickled out of Monday night's City Council meeting, councilors considered lowering minimum wage for tipped employees, raising the overall city minimum wage and ...