Public Seminar: Closing the Enforcement Gap: Employment Standards Enforcement for People in Precarious Jobs
Wednesday March 19th, 2014, 12:00pm-3:30pm
Ross S802, York University
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Presentations include:
Challenging New Governance: Evaluating New Approaches to Employment Standards Enforcement in Common Law Jurisdictions
Leah Vosko, Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the Political Economy of Gender & Work at York University
Is there a ‘Deterrence Gap’ in Employment Standards Enforcement?
Eric Tucker, Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School
Mark Thomas, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology; Co-Director, Global
Labour Research Centre, York University
Measuring Employment Standards Violations, Evasion and Erosion Using a Telephone Survey
John Grundy, SSHRC Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Political Science,
Wilfrid Laurier University
Employment Standards Enforcement and Challenging Wage Theft in Ontario
Mary Gellatly, Community Legal Worker, Workers’ Rights Division at Parkdale
Community Legal Services.
The panel will be followed by a reception.
This event is open to the public. The seminar is hosted by the Global Labour Research Centre and is a part of the Global Labour Speaker Series.