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View article: Labour Against the Law? Contesting the Restrictive Norms of Industrial Legality Through Unlawful Strikes
Labour Against the Law? Contesting the Restrictive Norms of Industrial Legality Through Unlawful Strikes Open
North American regimes of industrial legality provide workers with protected rights to organize, bargain collectively, and strike. However, they also limit the freedom to strike. Trade unions commonly accept and enforce these limits but at…
View article: Research Methods in Labor Law: Surveys and Administrative Data
Research Methods in Labor Law: Surveys and Administrative Data Open
This chapter explores the use of survey research and secondary quantitative data in labour law research. We review the major considerations that researchers must take into account when using these methods, highlighting their respective adv…
View article: Franchising and the Extraction of Surplus Value: Excavating the Legal Boundary Between Franchisees and Employees
Franchising and the Extraction of Surplus Value: Excavating the Legal Boundary Between Franchisees and Employees Open
Nearly one in ten Canadians in the private sector works in the franchised sector of the economy. For the most part, franchisors operate as rentiers, extracting value from franchisees for the use of their brand. Research has demonstrated th…
View article: The ‘contract’ and its discontents: Can it address protection gaps for migrant agricultural workers in Canada?
The ‘contract’ and its discontents: Can it address protection gaps for migrant agricultural workers in Canada? Open
Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program has often been portrayed as a model for temporary migration programmes. It is largely governed by the Contracts negotiated between Canada and Mexico and Commonwealth Caribbean countries respect…
View article: Using tickets in employment standards inspections: Deterrence as effective enforcement in Ontario, Canada?
Using tickets in employment standards inspections: Deterrence as effective enforcement in Ontario, Canada? Open
It is widely agreed that there is a crisis in labour/employment standards enforcement. A key issue is the role of deterrence measures that penalise violations. Employment standards enforcement in Ontario, like in most jurisdictions, is ba…
View article: Closing the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap: An Agenda For Change
Closing the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap: An Agenda For Change Open
This report sets out a vision for strengthening the enforcement of the ESA. It advances recommendations for updating the provisions and enforcement of the Act so that it better protects people in precarious jobs. The report draws on resear…
View article: Closing the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap: An Agenda For Change
Closing the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap: An Agenda For Change Open
This report sets out a vision for strengthening the enforcement of the ESA. It advances recommendations for updating the provisions and enforcement of the Act so that it better protects people in precarious jobs. The report draws on resear…
View article: Carrying Little Sticks: Is There a ‘Deterrence Gap’ in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario, Canada?
Carrying Little Sticks: Is There a ‘Deterrence Gap’ in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario, Canada? Open
This article assesses whether a deterrence gap exists in the enforcement of the Ontario Employment Standards Act (ESA), which sets minimum conditions of employment in areas such as minimum wage, overtime pay and leaves. Drawing on a unique…
View article: Carrying Little Sticks: Is There a ‘Deterrence Gap’ in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario, Canada?
Carrying Little Sticks: Is There a ‘Deterrence Gap’ in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario, Canada? Open
This article assesses whether a deterrence gap exists in the enforcement of the Ontario Employment Standards Act (ESA), which sets minimum conditions of employment in areas such as minimum wage, overtime pay and leaves. Drawing on a unique…
View article: Worker Participation in a Time of COVID
Worker Participation in a Time of COVID Open
This study examines worker voice in the development and implementation of safety plans or protocols for covid-19 prevention among hospital workers, long-term care workers, and education workers in the Canadian province of Ontario. Although…
View article: Position and time specify the migration of a pioneering population of olfactory bulb interneurons
Position and time specify the migration of a pioneering population of olfactory bulb interneurons Open
We defined the cellular mechanisms for genesis, migration, and differentiation of the initial population of olfactory bulb (OB) interneurons. This cohort of early generated cells, many of which become postmitotic on embryonic day (E) 14.5,…
View article: What We Owe Workers as a Matter of Common Humanity: Sickness and Caregiving Leaves and Pay in the Age of Pandemics
What We Owe Workers as a Matter of Common Humanity: Sickness and Caregiving Leaves and Pay in the Age of Pandemics Open
Workers commodifying their time in labour markets are liable to become temporarily incapable of doing so because of sickness or caregiving responsibilities. While the risk is universal, it will be experienced very differently depending on …
View article: Carrying Little Sticks: Is There a Deterrence Gap in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario, Canada?
Carrying Little Sticks: Is There a Deterrence Gap in Employment Standards Enforcement in Ontario, Canada? Open
This article assesses whether a deterrence gap exists in the enforcement of the Ontario Employment Standards Act (ESA), which sets minimum conditions of employment in areas such as minimum wage, overtime pay and leaves. Drawing on a unique…
View article: Regulating Strikes in Essential Services - Canada
Regulating Strikes in Essential Services - Canada Open
This chapter was written as a part of a comparative law project examining the regulation of strikes in essential services. It describes and analyses Canada's experience with strikes in essential services, including the historical developme…
View article: BC Teachers’ Federation v British Columbia: The Supreme Court Takes a School Holiday
BC Teachers’ Federation v British Columbia: The Supreme Court Takes a School Holiday Open
Constitutional labour rights in Canada now protect workers’ freedom to organize and bargain collectively and to strike. These associational freedoms are especially important for public sector workers, the most frequent targets of legislati…
View article: When Wage Theft Was a Crime in Canada, 1935-1955: The Challenge of Using the Master’s Tools Against the Master
When Wage Theft Was a Crime in Canada, 1935-1955: The Challenge of Using the Master’s Tools Against the Master Open
In recent years the term “wage theft” has been widely used to describe the phenomenon of employers not paying their workers the wages they are owed. While the term has great normative weight, it is rarely accompanied by calls for employers…
View article: When Wage Theft Was a Crime in Canada, 1935-1955
When Wage Theft Was a Crime in Canada, 1935-1955 Open
In recent years the term “wage theft” has been widely used to describe the phenomenon of employers not paying their workers the wages they are owed. While the term has great normative weight, it is rarely accompanied by calls for employers…