In Ontario, Bill 148 Guarantees the Province’s Part-Time Faculty Equal Pay
Ontario passed Bill 148 — the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act — in November 2017. The labor legislation includes a range of changes such as an increased minimum wage and expanded personal emergency leave. It also aims to ensure pay fairness — as of April 1, 2018 employers are required to pay casual, part-time, temporary and seasonal workers the same rate of pay as full-time workers if they are doing “substantially the same work.”