Download or read book Eroding Worker Protections BC s New Flexible Employment Standards written by David Fairey and published by Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives. This book was released on 2005 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Findings Sweeping reductions and changes to the enforcement program in BC have had a serious and negative impact on the ability of workers to become aware of their rights in the workplace, to complain of violations of their rights, and to obtain fair treatment in the process of pursuing complaints and having their complaints adequately investigated. [...] In November of that year, the newly-elected provincial government embarked upon a series of substantive changes to the Employment Standards Act, regulations under the Act, and the system of administration and enforcement of the Act. [...] For example, the stated goals of the new legislation were, allegedly, to: • protect vulnerable employees, particularly those in certain sectors; • encourage flexible workplace partnerships; • help revitalize the economy, specifically small business, by recognizing the needs and the realities of the workplace; and • simplify the rules.13 The goal of protecting vulnerable workers is restated in the [...] The Act was substantially restructured in 1995 following recommendations of the first and only compre- hensive independent review of the Act in 1994 by Commissioner Mark Thompson of the University of British Columbia's faculty of Commerce and Business Administration.16 14 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office Regulation The Employment Standard Regulation17 is that part of the law whi [...] Administration and Enforcement Administration of the Act, and the policing and enforcement of its provisions and regulations, is the responsibility of the Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services through the Director of the Employment Standards Branch and her/his staff.
Download or read book Closing the Enforcement Gap written by Leah Faith Vosko and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of employment is changing: low wage jobs are increasingly common, fewer workers belong to unions, and workplaces are being transformed through the growth of contracting-out, franchising, and extended supply chains. Closing the Enforcement Gap offers a comprehensive analysis of the enforcement of employment standards in Ontario. Adopting mixed methods, this work includes qualitative research involving in-depth interviews with workers, community advocates, and enforcement officials; extensive archival research excavating decades of ministerial records; and analysis of a previously untapped source of administrative data collected by Ontario’s Ministry of Labour. The authors reveal and trace the roots of a deepening "enforcement gap" that pervades nearly all aspects of the regime, demonstrating that the province’s Employment Standards Act (ESA) fails too many workers who rely on the floor of minimum conditions it was devised to provide. Arguably, there is nothing inevitable about the enforcement gap in Ontario or for that matter elsewhere. Through contributions from leading employment standards enforcement scholars in the US, the UK, and Australia, as well as Quebec, Closing the Enforcement Gap surveys innovative enforcement models that are emerging in a variety of jurisdictions and sets out a bold vision for strengthening employment standards enforcement. Closing the Enforcement Gap Research Group Leah F. Vosko Guliz Akkaymak Rebecca Casey Shelley Condratto John Grundy Alan Hall Alice Hoe Kiran Mirchandani Andrea M. Noack Urvashi Soni-Sinha Mercedes Steedman Mark P. Thomas Eric M. Tucker International/Quebec Contributors Nick Clark Dalia Gesualdi-Fecteau Tess Hardy John Howe Guylaine Vallée David Weil
Download or read book The Campbell Revolution written by J. R. Lacharite and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are we to assess Gordon Campbell’s decade-long premiership of British Columbia? While to many he was an ideologue set on revolutionizing provincial politics, he was a far more complex figure – polarizing and unpopular, but also a shrewd party manager and successful political operator. Beginning with a detailed account of Gordon Campbell’s pre–Liberal Party political activities, The Campbell Revolution? then takes a broad look at the policy options open to him in the context of the neoliberal revolution that swept across Canada and elsewhere in the 1980s and 1990s. Contributors discuss the Campbell administration's reforms in social, environmental, and economic policies, focusing on tax system reform, the arts and culture sector, healthcare, and urban development in the context of the 2010 Winter Olympics. More than just a narrative of the career of an enigmatic public official, this book looks at specific public policy examples and asks whether Campbell led a revolution or simply rode a wave of change that had begun years before he came to power. A comprehensive examination of Gordon Campbell’s leadership and governance style and the ideological underpinnings of BC’s Liberal Party, The Campbell Revolution? examines how the Campbell administration attempted to transform politics in British Columbia in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book New Employment Standards Increase Workplace Flexibility written by British Columbia. Ministry of Skills Development and Labour and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Privatization of Care written by Pat Armstrong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nursing homes are where some of the most vulnerable live and work. In too many homes, the conditions of work make it difficult to make care as good as it can be. For the last eight years an international team from Germany, Sweden, Norway, the UK, the US and Canada have been searching for promising practices that treat residents, families and staff with dignity and respect in ways that can also bring joy. While we did find ideas worth sharing, we also saw a disturbing trend toward privatization. Privatization is the process of moving away not only from public delivery and public payment for health services but also from a commitment to shared responsibility, democratic decision-making, and the idea that the public sector operates according to a logic of service to all. This book documents moves toward privatization in the six countries and their consequences for families, staff, residents, and, eventually, us all. None of the countries has escaped pressure from powerful forces in and outside government pushing for privatization in all its forms. However, the wide variations in the extent and nature of privatization indicate privatization is not inevitable and our research shows there are alternatives.
Download or read book Public Policy For Women written by Marjorie Griffith Cohen and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2009-03-21 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing essays from leading feminist academics, and social activists, Public Policy for Women addresses important public policy issues that fail to address women's needs. The volume's contributors pay particular attention to the relationship between the welfare state and vulnerable populations of women, while making substantial contributions to current public policy debates in Canada. Focusing on discussions of controversial issues such as single working mothers, prostitution, mandatory retirement, guaranteed income, and work for welfare, these essays also consider the political and economic constraints that have been brought about by neo-liberal policy changes. Full of relevant policy critiques and original recommendations for improvement, Public Policy for Women readdresses often neglected subjects and concerns and makes informative appeals for public policy to address women's needs.
Download or read book Guide to the Employment Standards Act written by British Columbia. Employment Standards Branch and published by Province of British Columbia, Employment Standards Branch. This book was released on 1995 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asian Immigrants in Two Canadas written by Habiba Zaman and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-06T00:00:00Z with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada is experiencing a major demographic shift, with two-thirds of the population in major cities predicted to belong to racialized groups, particularly Asian newcomers, by 2031. But how are these immigrants faring in this new Canada? Employing the International Labour Organization’s concept of “basic security” and the voices of immigrants themselves, Asian Immigrants in “Two Canadas” demonstrates that their security – such as work, job, employment, and voice and representation – has been compromised in multi-dimensional ways. Changes to immigration policy and the neoliberal restructuring of the Employment Standards Act in British Columbia have led to further marginalization within the labour market and the creation of deregulated and hazardous workplaces – resulting in the emergence of “two Canadas” within the Canadian welfare state. Representing a diverse group of immigrants, this book demonstrates a shared experience of precariousness and insecurity – an experience that has led to a broad- based alliance of Asian immigrant workers aimed at addressing workplace security and rights.
Download or read book Regulating Flexibility written by Mark Preston Thomas and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2009 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely analysis of employment standards legislation that calls for a new approach to labour market regulation.
Download or read book Rights and Responsibilities in a Changing Workplace written by Mark Thompson and published by Ministry of Skills, Training and Labour. This book was released on 1994 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Employment Standards Act it Makes B C a Better Place to Work written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building a Stronger Foundation of Basic Workplace Rights for BC Workers written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Context of the BC Law Institute review of employment standards The last independent review of BC's employment standards legislation - the laws that set out basic workplace rights and protections for workers in the province - was the Thompson Page 3 | Response to the BC Law Institute Consultation Paper on the Employment Standards Act [...] The study documented in detail the harmful impacts of precarious employment on the health and well-being of the affected workers and their families, and the costs that precarious work imposes on society more broadly.8 The researchers found that workers from racialized communities and, in particular racialized women, were disproportionately affected by precarious work. [...] The Review was unique in Canada in that it was mandated to specifically address the challenges of precarious and vulnerable workers and to examine both employment standards and the labour code. [...] The key enforcement bodies for provincial workplace rights, the Employment Standards Branch of the Ministry of Labour and the Labour Relations Board have been underfunded to a point where they cannot adequately administer and enforce the law.10 This tilts the playing field too far in favour of the employer and severely undermines access to justice for vulnerable workers. [...] Extend the basic workplace rights embedded in Employment Standards legislation more broadly 1. EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF EMPLOYMENT TO REFLECT EMERGING LABOUR MARKET TRENDS The BC Law Institute report makes a passing reference to the profound transformations that technology has made in the workplace, "leading to decentralization, the emergence of telecommuting, and the "gig economy," in which widel.
Download or read book Consultation Paper on the Employment Standards Act written by British Columbia Law Institute and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Employment Standards Act of British Columbia sets minimum standards for terms of employment and working conditions in most workplaces that fall under provincial legislative jurisdiction. This consultation paper is issued in connection with the British Columbia Law Institute's Employment Standards Act Reform Project, which is the first comprehensive, independent review of the Act to be carried out in more than 25 years. The consultation paper reviews the Act and advances tentative recommendations for its reform. The tentative recommendations are intended in part to address transformative change in the workplace brought about by digitalization, the growth of precarious work, and demands from employers and workers alike for greater “flexibility” in working arrangements. They also address issues relating to the enforcement of the Act. The consultation paper has been issued to seek public comment on the tentative recommendations, which is requested by 31 August 2018. A subsequent report will contain final recommendations on reform of the Act.
Download or read book A Guide for Employees and Employers written by British Columbia. Employment Standards Branch and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Employment Standards in British Columbia written by British Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book B C s Employment Standards Act Self help Kit written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Employment Standards in British Columbia an Overview written by British Columbia. Employment Standards Branch and published by [Burnaby, B.C.] : The Branch. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
