by Alliance | Jun 24, 2020 | Picture
Employees across Canada have been impacted inequitably by COVID-19. Many of us have been shocked to learn that huge numbers of essential workers don’t have paid sick days, including – shockingly – thousands of frontline healthcare workers. The evidence...
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...
by Alliance | Dec 11, 2018 | Picture
Organizations are challenged today like never before as they navigate the complexities of a “new normal.” “Business as usual” is no longer the easy option to growth and sustainable success. The accelerated pace of change resulting from the...
by Alliance | Dec 10, 2018 | Picture
Photo by Charlize Birdsinger You might be on this site wondering what we stand for and how we differ from other awesome business groups out there (Ontario Living Wage Network, B Corp, and others), or asking yourself “does my company count as a decent work employer?”...
by Alliance | Nov 19, 2018 | Picture
Photo by Artem Bali A sizable portion of people in Ontario are disappointed and angry about new labour legislation (Bill 47) brought in by Doug Ford’s government. Introduced after a short and non-transparent process, it rolls back significant workers’ rights under the...
by Alliance | Nov 15, 2018 | Picture
Photo by Sergey Pesterev We are a group of Ontario businesses committed to creating decent jobs in our communities, with the belief that investing in employees is good for business. As such, we ask the government to repeal Bill 47. The expansion of workers’ rights...
by Alliance | Nov 9, 2018 | Picture
It’s pretty typical for politicians to make promises and then forget about them once elected. Not Doug Ford. Nope. He promised he would halt the increase in minimum wage come 2019 and he’s made it clear he plans to keep his promise. So who exactly benefits from this...
by Alliance | Oct 30, 2018 | Picture
Photo by Kelly Sikkema The first time I ever had paid sick days was at my office job located in the dusty upper floor of the Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto more than ten years ago. Later, I was a temp worker. My grandparents’ house burned down and my...
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