In the Media
What kind of city will Toronto be in 2030? | Toronto Star | January 11, 2021 |
Our essential workers are burning out. Advocates say a lack of basic job protections is to blame | Toronto Star | November 28, 2020 |
Let’s accept migrant farmworkers as members of our food community | Toronto Star | September 7, 2020 |
Doug Ford’s Ministry of Labour is Giving Migrant Worker Employers Advance Notice of COVID-19 Inspections | Toronto Star | July 29, 2020 |
Trudeau government failed to enforce COVID-19 protections for migrant farm workers | Toronto Star | July 20, 2020 |
Ottawa didn’t enforce rules for employers of migrant farm workers during pandemic | Toronto Star | July 13, 2020 |
Migrant workers with COVID-19 must not be allowed to work, health experts say — as infected worker count surpasses 1,000 | Toronto Star | July 7, 2020 |
Why the ‘invisible workers’ cleaning up COVID-19 need better labour protection | Toronto Star | April 3, 2020 |
Coronavirus puts the spotlight on workers’ rights in Ontario | Toronto Star | March 12, 2020 |
Will you get paid if you self-isolate for coronavirus? It depends | Toronto Star | March 11, 2020 |
Government releases report of the Expert Panel on Modern Federal Labour Standards | Toronto Star | December 19, 2019 |
It’s been more than a year since a Toronto barbershop was ordered to pay her 5000 in missing wages | Toronto Star | November 18, 2019 |
California’s landmark bill on gig economy called ‘watershed moment’ for vulnerable workers | Toronto Star | September 11, 2019 |
Nova Scotia workers fall behind: report | Toronto Star | August 2, 2019 |
Nova Scotia worker protections falling short, report says | Toronto Star | August 1, 2019 |
Ministry inspections of Fiera Foods left out a partner factory. Months later another temp worker died. | Toronto Star | June 4, 2019 |
Why Tax Season Can be a Struggle for Independent Contractors | Toronto Star | April 26, 2019 |
Ontario employers to ‘educate themselves’ on workplace obligations to cut costs | Toronto Star | April 11, 2019 |
Changes to overtime pay, environmental rules buried in “open for business act | Toronto Star | February 21, 2019 |
Expert Panel to provide advice on complex workplace issues facing Canadians | Toronto Star | February 20, 2019 |
Ottawa rolls out new workers’ protections | Toronto Star | November 1, 2018 |
Ministry of Labour puts hold on proactive workplace inspections | Toronto Star | October 25, 2018 |
Ontario Liberals embed 2019 minimum wage hike in new law | Toronto Star | June 22, 2017 |
New legislation ensures workers can take at least 10 sick days a year without a doctor’s note | Toronto Star | June 8, 2017 |
Jail sentence for boss who owed workers $125,000 | Toronto Star | June 6, 2017 |
Ontario’s minimum wage jumping to $15 in 2019 | Toronto Star | May 30, 2017 |
Ontario Liberals to unveil sweeping labour reforms Tuesday | Toronto Star | May 29, 2017 |
Labour report calls for expanding protection for workers in Ontario | Toronto Star | May 23, 2017 |
Bosses who broke law haven’t learned their lesson, labour ministry blitz finds | Toronto Star | March 15, 2017 |
Legal loopholes cost workers millions in lost wages | Toronto Star | January 29, 2017 |
Temp agency work trapping immigrant women in ‘modern day slavery’ | Toronto Star | October 17, 2016 |
Pilot project aims to protect vulnerable restaurant workers | Toronto Star | August 30, 2016 |
Cancer survivor says ex-employers erratic pay has left her on the brink | Toronto Star | August 8, 2016 |
Father living off $3.32 an hour launches class action against energy giant | Toronto Star | |
Wage-theft victims lost $28 million to poor enforcement, statistics show | Toronto Star | August 2, 2016 |
Workplace violations widespread in Ontario, government report says | Toronto Star | July 27, 2016 |
Ontario employers get slap on wrist for mistreating employees | Toronto Star | May 24, 2015 |
Ontario allowing employers to fire workers without cause | Toronto Star | May 17, 2015 |
Ontario’s temp agencies, then and now | Toronto Star | May 10, 2015 |