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Backgrounder: Modernizing Labour Standards

| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders

The proposed legislation would amend Part III of the Canada Labour Code (Code) to ensure that employees in the federally regulated private sector have a robust and modern set of labour standards that reflects the realities of the 21st century workplace and sets the stage for good quality jobs. The proposed amendments would:


Backgrounder: Wage Earner Protection Program (WEPP)

| Employment and Social Development Canada | backgrounders

The WEPP provides financial support to Canadian workers, under federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions, who are owed money when their employer files for bankruptcy or becomes subject to a receivership.


Minister Hajdu welcomes introduction of legislation to support good quality jobs

| Employment and Social Development Canada | news releases

A strong middle class depends on a job market where everyone has a real and fair chance at success. Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, announced changes to federal labour standards to better protect Canadian workers and help set the stage for good quality jobs.


Minister Hajdu to deliver remarks to business leaders in Thunder Bay

| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories

The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour and Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay–Superior North, will attend a luncheon hosted by the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce, where she will discuss Government of Canada investments in skills and good-quality jobs to give all Canadians a fair chance at success.


Government of Canada welcomes introduction of legislation to support good quality jobs

| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories

On Thursday, November 1, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, will announce recently tabled legislation that would modernize federal labour standards to better protect Canadian workers and help set the stage for good quality jobs. While in Toronto, she will meet workers from VIA Rail and the Port of Toronto.


Minister Hajdu to visit Mississauga

| Employment and Social Development Canada | media advisories

On Thursday, November 1, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, will visit trucking workers in the Peel region and workers at the Pearson Airport in Toronto.


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