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Public Holidays - paid public holidays - Ontario
Public Holidays - paid public holidays - Ontario
Public holiday are days that most employees are entitled to have a day off work with pay under the Employment Standards Act (ESA). Some jobs are not covered by the public holiday provisions of the ESA. Additional information on Public Holiday Pay can be found on the Ministry of Labour website.
Paid holidays in Ontario are:
- New Year's Day
- Family Day (3rd Monday in February)
- Good Friday
- Victoria Day
- Canada Day
- Labour Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas Day
- Boxing Day
Some employers give their employees a holiday for other days such as Easter Sunday, Easter Monday, Civic Holiday (the first Monday in August) or Remembrance Day. However, these days are not public holidays under the Employment Standards Act (ESA).
Ministry of Labour, Ontario paid public holidays website.
Thursday, February 3, 2022
The big reason the US and UK are facing such a massive labor shortage
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/03/perspectives/imf-labor-shortage-employment-us-uk/index.html
The big reason the US and UK are facing such a massive labor shortage
Almost two years after the pandemic upended labor markets, job openings are plentiful in many advanced economies, yet workers have not fully returned.
The broader trend of plentiful jobs and not enough workers can have major implications for growth, inequality and inflation.
This gap, in which the employment rate is below its pre-Covid level, is playing out in the United States and the United Kingdom. Despite tight labor markets, as reflected in high vacancy-to-unemployment ratios and job quits, the employment recovery remains incomplete and below pre-pandemic levels in both countries. Now with a possible cooling effect on labor markets caused by the Omicron wave, this trend could be longer than expected.
New IMF staff research uses granular data on employment and vacancies in the US and the UK to assess four commonly held explanations:
- The effect of generous income support on willingness to seek and take up jobs
- A mismatch between the types of jobs that are available and the willingness of people to fill them
- Mothers of young children exiting the work force amid continued disruptions to school and childcare
- Older workers withdrawing from the labor force
We found that lower participation among older workers not returning to work is the common thread, and matters most. Mismatch plays a secondary role. The fall in female participation is unique to the US, but also quantitatively important
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
You shouldn't have to wait 2 weeks to get paid, say proponents of new payroll system
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6325397
You shouldn't have to wait 2 weeks to get paid, say proponents of new payroll system
System called 'early wage access' gives workers part of their wages sooner, without high interest or penalties
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Ontario's minimum hourly wage now $15
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6301866
Ontario's minimum hourly wage now $15
Premier Doug Ford previously said $15 isn't enough, b
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