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Time to throw decent work businesses a bone!
“I totally trust my staff” – HotBlack Coffee, Toronto
“Work should help you rise out of poverty, not keep you there” – Kitchener, Cambridge, Guelph
“Why not be a happy place?” – Knifewear, Ottawa
“It really does pay off” – Bread By Us, Ottawa
Menno Martin, St. Jacob’s
Trent Bauman first joined Menno S. Martin as an employee over 30 years ago. Eventually he went on to purchase the company with his business partner because he appreciated both the quality of the work and the “people-first” mentality. As...
Fivewalls Realty, Guelph
A lifelong entrepreneur, Paul Hayman founded Fivewalls Realty to provide an online portal to match buyers and sellers with vetted real estate agents. Paul is an advocate for healthy workplaces and is passionate about the necessity of...
Grosche, Cambridge & Guelph
Helmi Ansari and his wife Mehreen Sait founded Grosche International in the laundry room of their home 10 years ago. The company has experienced considerable growth and now distributes tea and coffee supplies from five warehouses in North...
Muskoka Brewery, Bracebridge
Founded in 1996, Muskoka Brewery has expanded from a small staff to over 100 employees. In order to balance the actual cost of living in the region with the company’s pay rates, the company worked to implement a higher wage structure. As...
Pre-Line Processing, Lincoln
After years in infrastructure development, Damin Starr took over a parts manufacturing company in 2005. He soon discovered that the company’s practice of hiring just-in-time staff through temp agencies created problems such as high...