Workers Rights
CLAS helps workers access the benefits and legal protections for workers facing injuries, loss of employment or other work-related issues.
The insecurity of low wage work means that it may be difficult for workers to enforce their basic rights like payment for hours worked, payment for overtime, reasonable working hours, safe working conditions, and fair compensation for wrongful dismissal.
For these reasons, we focus on four key areas that relate to workers' rights:
-We work to ensure safe working conditions and, if a worker is injured in the workplace, we work to ensure there is adequate compensation for those injuries.
-If a worker is unable to work or loses employment, we work to ensure fair access to employment insurance benefits.
-In the event a worker's employment is terminated, we work to ensure that fair methods reflecting basic legal protections are used.
-We work to ensure that migrant workers are provided with the same basic employment protections as are afforded to other workers.
The insecurity of low wage work means that it may be difficult for workers to enforce their basic rights like payment for hours worked, payment for overtime, reasonable working hours, safe working conditions, and fair compensation for wrongful dismissal.
For these reasons, we focus on four key areas that relate to workers' rights:
-We work to ensure safe working conditions and, if a worker is injured in the workplace, we work to ensure there is adequate compensation for those injuries.
-If a worker is unable to work or loses employment, we work to ensure fair access to employment insurance benefits.
-In the event a worker's employment is terminated, we work to ensure that fair methods reflecting basic legal protections are used.
-We work to ensure that migrant workers are provided with the same basic employment protections as are afforded to other workers.
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Acquired Brain Injury, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Behaviour Disorders and Conditions (ie. ADHD), Blind / Visual Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Deaf / Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, Down Syndrome , Dual Diagnosis, Epilepsy / Seizure Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Spectrum Disorders , Intellectual / Developmental Disability, Learning Disorder / Disability, Mental Health , Neuromuscular Disorders, Other / I don't know, Paraplegia / Quadriplegia, Physical Disability / Mobility Impairment, Schizophrenia , Speech Impairment / Social / Communication Disorders, Spina Bifida, Substance Use/Addiction
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19-99
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CLAS helps workers access the benefits and legal protections for workers facing injuries, loss of employment or other work-related issues. We may be able to help you if one of the following situations applies to you:
-You have applied for Employment Insurance benefits and you have lost your appeal to the Social Security Tribunal ("SST");
-You have applied for Worker's Compensation benefits and you have lost your appeal to the Worker's Compensation Appeal Tribunal ("WCAT") within the last 90 days;
-You have filed a complaint with the Employment Standards Branch and have lost your appeal to the Employment Standards Tribunal ("EST"); or
-You are a migrant worker and would like some advice about your employment rights. We welcome all calls from workers who are in Canada under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, Live-In Caregiver Program, Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, as well as workers who are in Canada without status.
-You have applied for Employment Insurance benefits and you have lost your appeal to the Social Security Tribunal ("SST");
-You have applied for Worker's Compensation benefits and you have lost your appeal to the Worker's Compensation Appeal Tribunal ("WCAT") within the last 90 days;
-You have filed a complaint with the Employment Standards Branch and have lost your appeal to the Employment Standards Tribunal ("EST"); or
-You are a migrant worker and would like some advice about your employment rights. We welcome all calls from workers who are in Canada under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, Live-In Caregiver Program, Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, as well as workers who are in Canada without status.
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