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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."
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 Canada Labour Code (French: Code canadien du travail) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada to consolidate certain statutes respecting labour. The objective of the Code is to facilitate production by controlling strikes & lockouts , occupational safety and health , and some employment standards.
However, this has been criticized as changing the government's role "from enforcers of labour standards to being wage dispute resolvers." [5] Health Services and Support-Facilities Subsector Bargaining Association v British Columbia [2007] [6] Fraser v. Ontario (Attorney General) [2011] [7]
For example, 33 states in the United States have higher minimum wages than the federal rate (plus military rates on federal bases) – on top of this an additional 42 city-level subdivisions having different minimum wage rates and 53 countries. [2] In effect, the United States has over 100 different minimum wages across the nation.
Equal pay for equal work included in the labour code [18] Czech Republic Remuneration for work is regulated by Act no. 262/2006 Coll., the labour code, and by Act no. 234/2014 Coll., Civil Service Act. Denmark The 1976 Act on Equal Pay for Men and Women, as amended since to include additional points Finland
Canada (AG) v Ontario (AG) [1937] UKPC 6, [1937] A.C. 326, also known as the Labour Conventions Reference, is a landmark decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council concerning the distinct nature of federal and provincial jurisdiction in Canadian federalism.
This mainly is the result of unions historically representing the working and lower classes. Most economist and labor studies on union wage premiums estimate a difference of about 15%. [8] Another study reports a much smaller wage difference of 7.7% and 6.0% in workplaces with more than 100 workers. [3]