Sentences with phrase «vulnerable workers»

They are some of the most vulnerable workers in the country.

Within this broad mandate, their key focus has been identifying legislative amendments needed to protect vulnerable workers in precarious jobs.

«An important focus is on vulnerable workers in precarious jobs in the context of employment standards and labour relations,» the interim report's authors note.

One of them is the exploitation of vulnerable workers.

Formal rights also have to be exercisable in a way which protects vulnerable workers who may not have the protection of a trade union.

Under the Protecting Vulnerable Workers Act, which is now in place, franchisors are on the hook if they are found to have significant influence on the franchisee network and underpayment has occurred.

In 2018 and 2019, particular emphasis will be placed on sectors with vulnerable workers, including new and young workers, and temporary help, as well as sectors with a history of low compliance.

Not to be confused with the Long Gun Registry, Minister Bains has been directed to create a Temporary Foreign Worker Registry to ``... help protect vulnerable workers from exploitation and to track the use of temporary workers in our economy.»

To detect abuse, the government has given additional funding to double the number of inspectors regulating agencies and the unions have also been handed a further # 3 million through to help vulnerable workers.

«The scope of our review is very broad and, while we intend to deal with a variety of matters,... our key focus will be on vulnerable workers in precarious jobs and the need for legislative amendments to address some of the issue facing these workers,» wrote the special advisors in their interim report.

We'll be following up with more specific consultations in our projects, but I ended up with pages of comments and questions that will become part of our analysis in our family law and vulnerable workers projects in particular.

In August, the Law Commission of Ontario released Vulnerable Workers and Precarious Work, a study motivated by «the need to reduce precarious work.»

«Top of my agenda will be continuing to expose the plight of the thousands of vulnerable workers whose experience of work in the UK is often one of poverty wages, excessive hours and shocking ill - treatment.

«While we might prefer an employment landscape where low paid and sometimes vulnerable workers were not having to grapple with confusing employment arrangements involving intermediaries, we are where we are, and our concerns are - as ever - about the practicalities.

It is worrying that, whether intentional or not, the effect of the Government's measures will be to weaken the rights and ability of already vulnerable workers to defend themselves from predatory and exploitative employers.»

It makes no economic sense and consigns vulnerable workers to the dole queue at a time of recession, when jobs are hard to find.»

Issues Faced by Vulnerable Workers in Canada Linda MacKay - Panos Precarious -LSB-...]

The Clinic supports the bill's proposed amendment to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (s. 22) which would target direct and indirect claims suppression but suggests it does not adequately address the range of indirect inducements by employers used to discourage vulnerable workers from filing claims.

Both decisions considered very similar fact scenarios — extremely vulnerable workers who had been sexually harassed and assaulted in the workplace.

IWC supports Bill 148 as an important first step for vulnerable workers struggling with the effects of precarious and unstable work.

Temporary, part - time, contract and other vulnerable workers deserve much fairer treatment — they should receive equal wages and benefits for equal work as compared to permanent full - time staff, and be able to climb out of their precarious status after a given period

Who is the focus of the priority enforcement, such as vulnerable workers (i.e., migrant and immigrant), individuals of a certain race, ethnic, gender, age, disability status, and religious groups, particularly those who are Muslim or Sikh

Don't cut from the existing Labour Market Agreements, Duguid says, because that money helps the most vulnerable workers who don't qualify for employment insurance.

Last month, Bill 170, a private member's bill known as the Greater Protection for Interns and Vulnerable Workers Act, was introduced.

We've six projects ongoing: one on increasing the options for low income people cashing government cheques and one on the division of pensions on marital breakdown (both almost completed); a two to three year project on developing a framework on the law as it affects older adults and a similar one relating to persons with disabilities; and a project on vulnerable workers and the protections offered by provincial legislation.

There is also a real problem with vulnerable workers being targeted particularly those who have been trafficked or who are working illegally.

The Interim Report focuses on the need for legislative amendments to address issues facing «vulnerable workers in precarious jobs.»

Ontario is about to become a test case for a debate that's divided economists and politicians for decades: whether a higher minimum wage will really boost living standards for the most vulnerable workers or hurt them by forcing employers to cut jobs.

«They're planning on funding this Canada Job Grant on the backs of our most vulnerable workers,» said Duguid, adding that the program would leave Ontario on the hook for $ 232 million.

It builds upon other certification systems, such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, and tackles some of the most challenging issues facing the palm oil sector, such as the destruction of high carbon stock forests and the abuse of the most vulnerable workers,» said Matthias Diemer, Chair of the Palm Oil Innovation Group.

Business secretary John Hutton announced new measures to detect and guard against exploitation of the most vulnerable workers.

John Hutton has urged unions to put confrontation and conflict behind them and work with the government to boost economic growth and protect vulnerable workers.

He said: «Vulnerable workers can be exploited by employers prepared to flout the law no matter the nature of their employment or which sector they work in.

The business secretary announced the union modernisation fund, attacked this week by the Conservatives, would receive another # 3 million to help unions protect vulnerable workers.

The study found that the most vulnerable workers were those «doing repetitive tasks that programmers can write software for» such as «a paralegal reviewing documents for key words to help in a case.»

It is a case coming out of Quebec that touches on the issue of pregnancy - based discrimination and the extension of benefits to vulnerable workers.

The result, critics argue, is that vulnerable workers are forced into protracted confrontations with the board if they want to win the compensation they are legally entitled to.

The MOL maintains that these blitzes assist them in educating employers and protecting vulnerable workers.

On Tuesday, March 4, 2013, New Democrat MPP Jonah Schein introduced Bill 170, the Greater Protection for Interns and Vulnerable Workers Act, which, if passed, would create various amendments to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 («ESA») affecting employers who engage interns.

Numerous other examples of how BC's current labour policies and practices fail to respect workers» rights and safety, fail to enforce even minimum standards especially for the most vulnerable workers, and create a culture of impunity among too many employers, will be brought to the attention of the Ministry.

It is short (30 pages) and provides brief summaries of the research and consultation work done in areas such as globalization and the law, international informal banking, indigenous legal traditions, the definition of «crime», the future of policing, secured financing on reserves, the protection of vulnerable workers, age and intergenerational relationships, and immigrant settlement.

Protecting vulnerable workers, including immigrant and migrant workers, and underserved communities from discrimination;