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 […]
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Agricultural migrant workers & ES – new research published
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 […]
Making complaints – new research published
Dr. Kiran Mirchandani (co-investigator, University of Toronto), Mary-Jean Hande (co-investigator, Mount Saint Vincent University), and Shelley Condratto (research assistant, Laurentian University) have published new research based on 36 interviews with Ontario workers who have filed […]
Wage theft – new research published
Dr. Kiran Mirchandani (co-investigator, University of Toronto) and research assistant Sheldon Bromfield have published a new article on wage theft in the Journal of Labor and Society. This research, based largely on interviews with precarious workers, […]
Rebecca Casey and CCPA release report on Nova Scotia labour standards
Rebecca Casey, former postdoctoral researcher with Closing the Gap and current Assistant Professor at Acadia University, has recently published a report on improving labour standards enforcement in Nova Scotia. This work was inspired by the […]
Immigrant perceptions of Canada and precarious work – new research published

Mary Jean Hande, Ayesha Mian Akram and Shelley Condratto have published a new article in the Journal of International Migration and Integration. “All of This Happens Here” argues that immigrants’ perceptions of Canada have diminished due […]
A Tattered Quilt – new research on exemptions and special rules published

Leah Vosko, John Grundy, Rebecca Casey, Andrea Noack and Mark Thomas have published a new article in the Canadian Labour & Employment Law Journal. “A Tattered Quilt: Exemptions and Special Rules under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act” examines […]
Carrying Little Sticks – new research on deterrence published

Eric Tucker, Leah Vosko, Rebecca Casey, Mark Thomas John Grundy, and Andrea Noack have recently published a new article on deterrence in employment standards in Ontario. “Carrying Little Sticks” examines two influential models of enforcement […]
Closing the Gap researchers profiled in Y-file for participation in federal labour standards consultation

Leah F. Vosko, Eric Tucker and Mark Thomas, three York University based Closing the Gap researchers, were profiled in the university’s Y-File newsletter for their involvement consultations to reform the Canada Labour Code, resulting in […]
Improving Protections for People in Precarious Jobs – Watch the Panel Discussion
On May 3, Closing the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap invited 5 experts from Quebec (Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau and Guylaine Vallée), the US (Raj Nayak), the UK (Nick Clark), and Australia (Tess Hardy) to discuss employment standards […]