Closing the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap: Improving Employment Standards Protections for People in Precarious Jobs is a collaborative research initiative of seven Ontario universities and 16 cross-sectoral partner organizations. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the five-year project seeks to inform effective employment standards enforcement in Ontario.
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New research on overtime exemptions published December 13, 2019 - Mark Thomas, Leah Vosko, Eric Tucker, Mercedes Steedman, Andrea M. Noack, John Grundy, Mary Gellatly, and Lisa Leinveer have published new research on overtime exemptions in Ontario in Labour/Le travail. In practice, employment standards legislation includes […]
Emerson Iudiciani presents research on federal employment standards at York University Dean’s Award Celebration October 2, 2019 - Closing the Gap’s research team is extending their analysis of employment standards enforcement into the federal jurisdiction and Emerson Iudiciani had the exciting opportunity work with the early data. Iudiciani, a York University student in his […]
Adam King, postdoctoral researcher, talks labour standards on podcast September 6, 2019 - Adam King, a posdoctoral researcher with Closing the Gap, was recently featured on the podcast “Oats for Breakfast,” talking about labour standards in the US and Canada. Check it out here.
Leah F. Vosko awarded SSHRC Insight Award September 4, 2019 - Congratulations are in order for a member of the Closing the Enforcement Gap team! Dr. Leah F. Vosko, academic lead of Closing the Gap has been awarded this year’s SSHRC Impact Award. This is a […]
Agricultural migrant workers & ES – new research published September 4, 2019 - Dr. Leah F. Vosko (co-lead, Closing the Gap, York University), Prof. Eric Tucker (co-investigator, Osgoode Law School), and Dr. Rebecca Casey (co-investigator, Acadia University) have published new research examining the enforcement of employment standards for […]