QUEEN’S PARK, ON – During question period Monday, the NDP’s labour critic, Jamie West, said that by cancelling the minimum wage increase, Doug Ford is taking more than $2,000 a year out of the pocket of minimum wage earners. West said that with that kind of financial strain being inflicted on [Read more]
QUEEN’S PARK, ON – Ontario NDP MPP Cindy Forster called on the Minister of Labour to launch an immediate investigation into the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) interference with the medical care of injured workers. “Today we’re joined by a number of doctors from [Read more]
Province Acts on Initial Findings from Mining Safety Review Ontario is improving the health and well-being of workers in the province’s underground mines by acting on its advisory group’s early work. “As one of the top mining jurisdictions in North America, our government fully [Read more]
Ontario Increasing Minimum Wage Ontario is increasing the minimum wage from $10.25 to $11 per hour on June 1, 2014. This new rate reflects the rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since the last minimum wage increase in 2010 and is part of the provincial government’s commitment to fairness. [Read more]
December 17, 2010 Yesterday evening Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that Charles Sousa is the new Minister of Labour following the resignation from Cabinet of Peter Fonseca.”Charles will continue to put Ontario workers and their families first, particularly as we implement the workplace [Read more]
