Premier Doug Ford says his government will be scrapping Bill 148, and that could impact Ontarians who are part-time workers.
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bill, which was passed under the previous Liberal government, includes rules that mandate part-time employees be paid the same rate as full-time employees for the same job.
The bill also forced employers to give workers at least 10 ‘personal emergency leave days’ — two of them paid days.
“We’re getting rid of Bill 148. We’re going to make sure we protect the front-line workers because 60,000 people lost their jobs under Bill 148,” Ford said the legislature on Tuesday.
The premier said the existing bill “put us in more debt that we’ve every had, the largest subnational debt in the entire world … thanks to the Liberal government.”
“We’re going to make sure we tell the world Ontario is open for business. We’re going to make sure we’re competitive around the world.”
After Question Period, when Jim Wilson — the minister of economic development, job creation and trade — was asked if the province will be cancelling all parts of Bill 148, he said a final decision has yet to be made.
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