End sub-minimum wage rates and remove all exemptions to the general minimum wage for students, liquor servers, farm workers and others
Equal Pay for Equal Work
Equal pay, benefits, and working conditions for equal work regardless of our status as part-time, contract, or temporary workers
Pay transparency in our workplaces to enforce equal pay
Decent Hours
Overtime after an 8-hour day and 40-hour work week
Stop employers from averaging our overtime to reduce our overtime pay
Two (2) weeks advance notice of schedules
Offer additional hours to existing workers before hiring new people
Contracts that guarantee minimum hours of work each week
Paid coffee breaks
Paid Leave
At least 7 paid emergency leave days per year
Restore 10 job-protected emergency leave days for all
Prohibit employers from asking for a doctor's note when worker access their emergency leave days
3 weeks of vacation for ALL workers
Protections for Migrant Workers
Ensure permanent residency status upon arrival for all new migrants, and permanent residency status for migrant and undocumented workers already here
No Employment Standards Act exemptions for employers of migrant workers
Regulate recruiters and stop illegal fees
Effective enforcement that include expedited anti-reprisals and community-led proactive inspections
Care workers and agricultural workers must have the right to unionize
Rules that Protect Everyone
Stop employer loopholes - end employer exemptions
Expand the Employment Standards Act to include all workers (like Uber drivers)
Make companies at the top fully responsible for wages, working conditions and collective bargaining, even if they use temp agencies, franchises, or sub-contractors
Effective enforcement
Allow anonymous and third party complaints of employer violations and protect whistleblowers
Apply meaningful penalties for employers who break the law
Make employers pay damages to workers for the hardship caused by wage theft
More proactive (or surprise) inspections of workplaces
Job Security and Respect at Work
An end to workplace harassment and bullying
Job protection for workers who stand up for workers’ rights at work
Protection from unjust dismissal
Wage protection and union coverage when business ownership or contracts change (contract flipping)
Stop perma-temps – hire workers directly
Temp agency workers must become directly-hired workers of the client company after three (3) months of assignment
The company and temp agency must provide just cause if, at the end of the assignment, another temp worker is hired to do the work previously done by the temp agency worker
Implement a 20% cap on the number of temp agency workers used by a company at any given time
End all penalties or fees when a client company directly hires workers
Right to Organize and Unionize
The right to join unions by signing cards
The ability to form unions across franchises and subcontractors
Broader-based bargaining across regions or sectors of work