But there is one salient difference
between unpaid work within the home and paid work: cash.
Not exact matches
That argument might make sense if there were some consideration given to the fact most Canadian families divide their time
between work and leisure, and that
unpaid childcare by parents can only happen during non-
work hours.
The offender as ordered to complete a 12 month immunity order in addition to 150 hours of
unpaid work before being sanctioned with a curfew
between the hours of 8 pm and 6 am.
Conservatives: Increase parental leave to 18 months, allowing parents to take up to six months of additional
unpaid leave; allow self - employed parents to earn money without impacting EI payments; offer choice
between full parental leave EI payments for 35 weeks, or extend those payments, at a lesser rate, for up to a maximum of 61 weeks; women receiving EI maternity benefits will also be able to earn employment income under the
Working While on Claim pilot project (this is currently permitted for those receiving EI parental benefits).
As reported in a 2014 study on the health impacts of such
work on racialized, immigrant women in the Greater Toronto Area, «temporary and on - call agency
work seemed to be the new norm in both the private and non-profit health and social services agencies...
Working precariously meant not just fewer hours and lower wages, but included the quality of
work, the differential treatment being an agency worker; and the «invisible» and «
unpaid» time and energy spent in -
between and in getting from one job site to another...»
The vast majority of
work experience places are
unpaid, and the opportunities that are paid are few and far
between.
It would offer much greater financial independence and freedom of choice for individuals
between work and leisure, education and caring while recognizing the huge value of
unpaid and voluntary
work.
But we have a long way to go before we achieve true equality of
unpaid care
work between men and women.