by Alliance | May 13, 2020 | Picture
Even as we’ve been figuring out a “new normal” since the start of COVID-19, decent work businesses are thinking about how to be a good employer during a crisis. After all, when we open up again, we want our staff to be financially secure. And we want...
by Alliance | Apr 9, 2020 | Picture
We are facing a huge public health and economic crisis, and we need commercial rent relief now. For the most part, small businesses are not in a position to take on more debt or benefit from tax deferrals. Reductions in property taxes are not a solution, for the...
by Alliance | Mar 30, 2020 | Picture
The news changes day by day, but here’s what we know about help for small businesses during COVID-19 as of June 12, 2020. Help with staffing costs while business slows down 1. Wage subsidies – 75% CEWS and 10% CRA subsidy The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)...
by Alliance | Feb 12, 2020 | Picture
Small Business, Money, and Ethics. Oh my! Sam here, with a post about my small business Broad Lingerie, money, and ethics. Talking about money is uncomfortable! Which is why most of us avoid it. But not talking about money means a lot of things go unknown or get...
by Alliance | Oct 22, 2019 | Picture
Business owners aren’t fooled by the myth that better wages and fair workplace practices are bad for business. What businesses in our network are concerned about is an economy in which too many working Ontarians are living in poverty. Precarious work is not good...
by Alliance | Aug 16, 2019 | Picture
Research shows that many care about the ethics of where they shop. A survey of millennial consumers showed, for instance, that 79% wished it were easier to know which companies have good practices. We all look for savings where possible. But given the choice, are we...
by Alliance | Jun 11, 2019 | Picture
For businesses to truly thrive, we must all obey the same rules. With less enforcement of existing employment laws as of 2019, we are seeing businesses use false “independent contractors” and we are left wondering: why doesn’t the government help the business...
by Alliance | May 29, 2019 | Picture
Since January 2019, workplaces are no longer required to put up a poster about employment standards. Every employee deserves to know their employment rights outlined in the Employment Standards Act. We decided to make our own decent work standards poster. Download...
by Alliance | May 21, 2019 | Picture
Several changes to employment laws being looked at by the federal government, including a federal minimum wage, present undeniable benefits to the Canadian economy, if implemented. Even though changing the federal minimum wage would only directly affect workers...
by Alliance | Mar 27, 2019 | Picture
Submitted to the Ministry of Labour for the business consultation on pay transparency As a network of Ontario business owners who believe in investing in good jobs to boost our bottom lines, we are concerned that the Pay Transparency Act, which seeks to narrow the...
by Alliance | Feb 15, 2019 | Picture
Photo by Ben White A social enterprise can exist in any sector. It’s a business that draws at least 50% of its revenue from selling goods and/or services from the marketplace and reinvests at least 50% of its profits back into community initiatives or a dedicated...
by Alliance | Jan 15, 2019 | Picture
Terri, our founder, worked in dental offices for more than 20 years before starting Teledent Dental Services in 2004. She started her career in the field as a dental assistant and left it as an office manager and consultant. Over that time, she saw and learned a lot...
by Alliance | Dec 17, 2018 | Picture
Does Santa’s team assemble all his gifts at his workshop at the North Pole, then do the deliveries himself? Or does he buy from Canadian businesses and ask them to help him drop-ship? Most businesses are happy to offer this white label service to Old Saint Nick! But...
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