Wednesday Jan. 29, 2014 – 10am
Posted Jan 29, 2014 02:11:20 PM.
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*Glenn Pelletier filling in*
10:00am- Sheila Block, Director of Economic Analysis with the Wellesley Institute, Re: This week Ontario’s Advisory Panel on the Minimum Wage released a report on minimum wage in the province. The report limited its recommendations to mechanisms to increase the minimum wage, and did not make any recommendations on whether the current minimum wage is the right starting point for those inflationary increases. It made the following substantive recommendations: the minimum wage should be increased annually by the CPI inflation rate, and, minimum wage level and revision process should be reviewed every 5 years.
10:15am- Yasir Naqvi, Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Re: The minimum wage could going up for the first time since 2010. A special advisory panel has called for changes to be linked to the inflation rate, and to give businesses four months warning of any increases. The Premier says Ontarians won’t have to wait long to hear how much the government plans to boost the province’s minimum wage.
10:30am- Dr. Anil Verma, Professor of Industrial Relations and HR Management at Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and Director of the Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources, Re: Verma led the government’s Advisory Panel on the Minimum Wage.
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