Its More Than Poverty Retrieved from httppepsoca Defining the Issue Part 1LABR

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Defining the Issue (Part 1) LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 14 • Don’t know work schedule in advance • Paid in cash • Temp employment • No benefits • Weak voice at work Poverty and Employment Precarity in Southern Ontario. (2013, February). It’s More Than Poverty . Retrieved from .
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Economic Causes of Precarity LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 15 Lots of potential reasons for precarious work to exist
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Economic Causes of Precarity LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 16 What is the economic context for precarious work in Canada?
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Defining the Issue (Part 1) LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 17
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Defining the Issue (Part 1) LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 18 Tal, B. (2016). On The Quality of Employment in Canada. CIBC Economics In Focus . Retrieved from . In 8 years since 2008 crisis: • Most of increase in employment has been part-time
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ECONOMIC CAUSES OF PRECARITY 19What is the gig economy?
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Economic Causes of Precarity LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 20 Relatively ‘new’ term, although reflects some work dynamics that have always existed
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Economic Causes of Precarity LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 21 • ‘Ride - sharing’ (e.g. Uber/Lyft) • ‘Gigging’: (e.g. Taskrabbit / Mechanical Turk) • ‘Freelancing’ • ‘Temping’
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Economic Causes of Precarity LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 22 What is the role of technology in shaping work and work relations?
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Economic Causes of Precarity “Independent Contractors” • Is IC unfairly applied? • Will legislation ‘catch up’ to where big employers are headed? • Do we need a ‘dependent contractor’ middle - ground? LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 23
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Economic Causes of Precarity Frequently litigated - court outcomes have been varied LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 24
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Economic Causes of Precarity LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 25 Class-action lawsuits on IC status • Heller (Ontario) v Uber – Uber driver agreement sets arbitration in Netherlands – SCC to issue ruling very soon re: whether this is unconscionable under common law – ruling done in Nov 2019, arranging for release soon – merits of original case still to be heard • Pokornik (Manitoba) v Skip the Dishes: – on hold until Heller resolved (Skip changed driver agreement to bar drivers from taking them to court)
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Economic Causes of Precarity LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 26 Foodora OLRB Ruling • CUPW filed for certification of Foodora couriers • OLRB ruled this week they are ‘dependent contractors’ under Ontario law and eligible to be unionized • Subsequent issues to be resolved but eventually ballots will be counted • Would be first unionized app in Canada
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Precarious Worker Case Studies • Academic Workers • Sex Workers LABR 1260 - Precarious Work, Precarious Workers 27
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