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Labour protections platforms

Here's what the 2025 Ontario election parties are promising.
We don't have any PC policies on Labour protections.

ONDP

  • Return to a simple card certification system for forming unions

    "We’ll make it easier to form a union and collect the bigger paycheque that comes with it, by returning to a simple card certification system." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for Southwest Ontario & Niagara, retrieved 2025-02-20

  • Mandate equal pay, a living wage, and 10 days of paid leave

    "We will continue to champion real reforms that benefit workers that have been rejected by the Ford government including: 10-days paid leave; equal pay; anti-scab legislation, and enforcement of workplace law violations, including severe penalties for unsafe work conditions." — On Your Side: The Ontario NDP Plan for the North, retrieved 2025-02-20

    "We will continue to propose real reforms that benefit workers that have been rejected by the Ford government including: 10-days paid leave; a living wage; equal pay; anti-scab legislation, and enforcement against workplace law violations, including severe penalties for unsafe work conditions." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Ban the practice of "deeming"

    "We will put an end to the practice of deeming where injured workers are ‘deemed’ to be able to work phantom jobs they don’t have." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Ban the use of replacement workers during job disputes
  • Overhaul the WSIB system to better protect worker health and safety

    "We will overhaul the WSIB system to better protect the health and safety of all Ontario workers, protect them and their families in case of injury or disease at work, and provide stability for Ontario businesses." — On Your Side, retrieved 2025-02-22

Green

  • Implement ten provincially-legislated paid sick days for all
  • End the practice of "deeming"

    "Immediately end the practice of deeming, whereby the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) unfairly cuts benefits for injured workers" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Ban employers from requiring a sick note form a medical practitioner when an employee is ill
  • Make it easier to form unions by extending card-based certification to all sectors and implement an industry-wide bargaining model

    "Make it easier to form unions by ex- tending card-based certification to all sectors and implement an industry-wide bargaining model" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

  • Legislate equal pay for equal work

    "Legislate equal pay for equal work and put an end to wage theft" — Our Plan for Fairness, retrieved 2025-02-22

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