Ontario to establish basic gig worker rights including $15 minimum wage
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Ontario is set to introduce legislation that would establish employment standards for gig workers, including minimum wage and regular pay days.
Ontario is set to introduce legislation that would establish employment standards for gig workers, including minimum wage and regular pay days.
The Digital Platform Workers’ Rights Act will be separate from the Employment Standards Act.
It proposes to cover ride share and delivery drivers, as well as others who are offered work assignments through digital platforms.
Labour Minister Monte McNaughton, who is set to announce the details later today, said it will establish foundational rights for gig workers in a Canadian first, though he expects other provinces will follow Ontario’s lead.
“No gig worker should make less than minimum wage,” he said in an interview.
“No gig worker should be fired without notice or explanation. And no one, period, should have to travel out of Canada to resolve a workplace dispute or sign a contract they don’t understand. That’s the essence of the changes we’re making to fix these injustices that are happening.”
Proposed rights within the bill include the guarantee that workers will get written information detailing how platforms’ algorithms work, how pay is calculated, how operators’ performance rating systems work and how operators collect tips.
It would also establish a recurring pay period and a $15 minimum wage for active hours that’s tied to the provincial minimum wage, while barring operators from withholding tips and prohibiting reprisal against workers for exercising their rights under the act.
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