Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced a plan to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 an hour. The increase will be phased in over the next 18 months, rising to $14 an hour on January 1, 2018 and then to $15 an hour on January 1, 2019. Currently, the minimum wage is $11.40 an hour.
other proposed changes to workforce rules:
– Equal pay would be mandated for part-time workers doing the same job as a full-time workers.
– After five years with the same employer, the minimum vacation entitlement for workers would rise to three weeks per year.
– Employers would be required to pay a worker three hours of wages if the employer cancels a shift with less than 48 hours notice.
– All workers would be given 10 personal emergency leave days a year, and a minimum of two of those days must be paid. (Currently only employees of large companies are entitled to this.)
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