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Ontario is so far on the hook for more than $6 billion in payments to broader public sector workers as a result of the provincial government’s wage restraint legislation being found unconstitutional. Bill 124 capped salary increases for broader public sector workers at one per cent a year for three years, …
Read More »Public Health Ontario staff awarded retroactive pay as Bill 124 compensation
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 28, 2024 4:41 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Employees of Public Health Ontario labs are set to receive an additional 5.25 per cent in pay increases to compensate for a provincial wage restraint law that was …
Read More »Ontario Appeal Court set to rule on constitutionality of wage restraint law Bill 124
Ontario’s top court is set to rule today on the constitutionality of a law that limited raises for more than one million workers in the broader public sector, including nurses and teachers. The Progressive Conservatives enacted the law, known as Bill 124, in 2019 as a way to help the …
Read More »Teaching unions net Bill 124 backpay as court ruling looms
Teachers in Ontario have won a significant Bill 124 backpay agreement through arbitration just days before the fate of the controversial law is set to be revealed. An arbitration decision released Friday means both elementary and secondary teachers will see new money from the government as compensation for the three …
Read More »Ontario court set to release Bill 124 appeal decision
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ontario Court of Appeal will release its ruling over the Ford government’s controversial wage restraint legislation on Monday. The law, known as Bill 124, was introduced by the Ford government in 2019 and capped public sector salary increases at one per …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Premier Doug Ford’s 2018 mandate letters demanded savings by ‘year two’
When Ontario Premier Doug Ford took over the reins of the provincial government in 2018, he was determined to expedite a central campaign promise: make government more efficient by shaving four cents of every dollar spent by Queen’s Park. Instead, the Progressive Conservative government’s first budget, delivered by then-finance minister …
Read More »Ontario college staff land retroactive Bill 124 pay after legislation struck down
Support workers at colleges in Ontario are the latest group to land extra pay after Bill 124 was struck down by a court. Around 9,000 support staff represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) negotiated a pay increase of 9.5 per cent, backdated over three years, the union …
Read More »Ontario college faculty get salary boost after Bill 124 struck down
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 16, 2023 10:40 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size College faculty members represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union will be receiving an additional 6.5 per cent in salary increases over three years. They are the latest group of …
Read More »Ontario hospital nurses awarded average raises of 11% over two years, union says
Ontario hospital nurses will be getting raises of what their union says amounts to an average of 11 per cent over two years, with the arbitrator citing a staffing crisis and high inflation. It’s the first contract since the nurses — and other broader public sector workers — were subject …
Read More »Ontario WSIB workers are latest public employees offered retroactive Bill 124 pay
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unionized workers at Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) are the latest group to win retroactive pay for the three years their wages were capped by the Ford government’s wage restraint legislation, Bill 124. On Friday, the Canadian Union of Public …
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