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Ontario’s workplace laws should be updated to give those in the gig economy some — but not all — employment protections, a government-appointed committee exploring the future of work says.

The recommendations fall short of demands from labour advocates. torstar.co/KV1050H7puv

In their report, Ontario’s Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee recommends the province recognize gig workers as an intermediary category called dependent contractors, with the right to minimum wage and termination pay.
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“Every single worker in this province deserves at least minimum wage,” said Labour Minister Monte McNaughton at a North York press conference.

“They deserve a pay stub and transparency over their pay.”
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But the committee’s recommendations fall short of demands from labour advocates, who have called for gig workers to be recognized as employees with the full protection of all existing workplace laws.
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“It goes in the other direction of what we were hoping to see,” said Toronto Uber Eats driver and @GigWorkersUnite member Saurabh Sharma.

“This recommendation entrenches misclassification.”
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