Show Synopsis
- We host an interview with with Nadira Gopaliani from the Toronto based Workers' Action Centre. We discuss the controversial Bill 68 that will give employers the ability to circumvent the law on severance and termination pay allowing employers to opt for a settlement instead.
- If this bill passes, no employer in Ontario will ever pay termination and severance pay according to the minimum standards for employment in Ontario. Settlement are by far less expensive for employers to pay out, compared to what the LAW states employers are responsible for. Many workers laid off have a hard enough time getting what is LEGALLY Entitled to them according the MINIMUM Standards for Legal employment in the provice of Ontario, in the Employment Standards Act of Ontario.
- This Act is brought to us by our very own Hon. S. Pupatello - Minister of Economic Development and Trade. When asked during the Araco/Aramco occupations what her feelings were about the lax enforcement of the ESA regarding termination and severance pay, she said that she did not know much about Labour Law, and couldn't comment.
- Now she's proposing a law that will circumvent the Labour Laws that she self admitted to not knowing much about.
- Bill 68 - An Act to promote Ontario as open for business by amending or repealing certain Acts. Open for Business indeed, Open Season on Workers, again.
And here are the stories and links we referenced in our broadcast :
Bill 68: Workers Forced to Settle for LessUnder Bill 68 “Open for Business,” the government is introducing changes to Employment Standards that are a huge step backward for workers.
http://workersactioncentre.org/index.html
Bill 68, Open for Business Act, 2010
Hon Sandra Pupatello, Minister of Economic Development and Trade
http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&Intranet=&BillID=2358
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