By J.P. Antonacci | The Hamilton Spectator Three years after a farm worker was killed in a Norfolk County ginseng field, charges against the farm’s owners and a supervisor have been dropped. Norfolk County OPP said the…
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Constructive DismissalFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Longtime farm worker awarded nearly $440,000 in wrongful dismissal case
A former farm labourer and manager has been awarded $434,980 in damages following a wrongful dismissal suit against his employer of 40 years, including a $250,000 retirement allowance and both…
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Proposed changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program that will directly affect thousands of Niagara-on-the-Lake seasonal workers won’t come soon enough and don’t go far enough, says the head of…
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
New regulations on migrant farm workers should tackle employer/employee power imbalances
By Stephanie Mayell, University of Toronto; C. Susana Caxaj, Western University, and Janet McLaughlin, Wilfrid Laurier University The government of Canada recently amended the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to…