Monte McNaughton is shooting for a hat trick of labour bills
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a new Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park.
The current law treats remote workers as "second-class" compared to their in-office colleagues during mass layoffs, McNaughton said at a press conference in Kitchener. "This is wrong, and we're going to fix it. Our government is working for workers by introducing legislation that if passed, will extend mass layoff entitlements to employees who solely work from home."
That's because employers rarely let their employees work out their notice period in a mass layoff, but pay them for the notice period instead, she said. Depending on how that is done, it could mean that the mass termination provisions would be triggered more often because remote workers would now count toward the calculation of 50-plus employees required to meet the threshold for a mass termination, and it could also potentially capture entirely remote workplaces, according to Shelsen.
"Asking your boss questions, especially for young workers, newcomers and others working in precarious roles can be daunting," said McNaughton. "Simply put, every worker should know what their job is before their first day."
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