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Ontario has to pay public sector workers $6B and counting in Bill 124 compensation

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, …

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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 …

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Ontario hospital nurses awarded additional pay after Bill 124 struck down

Ontario hospital nurses should get retroactive pay for three years during which they were subject to a wage restraint law that has since been ruled unconstitutional, arbitrators have ruled. The 2019 law, known as Bill 124, capped wage increases for the nurses and other public sector workers at one per …

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Ontario labour leaders celebrate court decision that struck down Bill 124

Labour leaders in Ontario are celebrating after a court ruled the Ford government’s controversial wage restraint law — Bill 124 — unconstitutional. That decision could be subject to an immediate appeal from the province, which said its “intention is to appeal” the Superior Court of Ontario ruling. However, even as …

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