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RSS FeedsStudents want Ontario to scrap special minimum wage that is lower than that paid to adults
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10 november 2018 02:43:26

 
Students want Ontario to scrap special minimum wage that is lower than that paid to adults
(The Star Movies)
 


Ontario is the only province in Canada to have a minimum wage for young workers that is lower than the minimum wage for adults — and Grade 12 student Taamara Thanaraj isn’t happy that a scheduled increase to that rate may soon be frozen.She was one of a group of 30 students who gathered under drizzly skies at Yonge and Bloor Sts. Friday to protest Bill 47, provincial legislation that, if passed, will result in significant rollbacks to labour protections recently enacted including increases to the general minimum wage and the subminimum wage for students.“Right now, minimum wage is not a livable wage for a lot of people, especially for parents. That’s why a lot of young people do work,” said Thanaraj, who attends the Scarborough Academy of Technological, Environmental and Computer Education at William Arnot Porter Collegiate Institute.Bill 47 will keep the general minimum wage at $14 an hour, but cancel an increase to $15 scheduled for January. It will also cancel a scheduled bump from $13.15 to $14.10 an hour for students’ minimum wage.Employers in Ontario are not required to pay the general minimum wage to students under 18 who work part-time during school or work during a school break or the summer holidays.In 2017, an extensive report written by two independent experts for the government’s two-year Changing Workplace Review noted that 59 per cent of young people in that category reported making less than the general minimum wage, and this resulted in $25 million in lost wages a year for the province’s student employees.Read more:Premier Doug Ford urges businesses to rally behind him in fight against $15 minimum wageHow your rights on the job will change if Bill 47 is passedPremier unveils ‘open for business’ signs as Ontario’s unemployment rate remains low“Ontario is the only province in Canada with a lower minimum wage for students, and those (provinces) that previously had a lower rate ...


 
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