Alain Bédard, chairman and CEO of
"We are losing volume because the market is soft and we have unfair competition with the
"This is a disaster that we have in
The mislabelling of contractors who drive for only one company and exert no control over their schedules is illegal — and risky, since workers do not receive basic entitlements such as workers' compensation, overtime, paid sick leave or severance.
While
"They're not paying any benefits to their drivers," Bédard said.
Last year, thefederal labour minister's office said the government was focused on an "education-first approach to stop this discriminatory practice."
"Employers who continue to knowingly break the law following education and awareness will be held accountable," said
Between
“It’s a race to the bottom, and it’s also very much used to abuse people who are new to Canada,” he said of
Laskowski has also called for harsher fines and even tougher crackdowns as a deterrent to misclassification.
Last year’s federal budget laid out funding to amend the Canada Labour Code to bolster job protections for federally regulated gig workers by strengthening bans on employee misclassification, said
Last fall, the CRA launched the second phase of an educational campaign aimed at “personal services businesses,” a special tax classification for contractors who “would be considered to be an employee of the payer” if they were not incorporated as independent entities.
“The information gathered by both of these pilot phases will help guide the CRA’s future education and compliance activities,” Wardell said in an email last year.
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