#public-sector-workers

#public-sector-workers

Chancellor hints at above-inflation pay rises for public sector workers.

Public sector workers to receive pay rise after years of austerity.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has agreed to repeal a law imposing wage restraint on public sector workers after an Appeal Court ruling declared it unconstitutional.

Ford believes that measures like this should be decided by governments, not the courts, but he respects the ruling.

Ontario faces over $6 billion in payments to public sector workers due to Bill 124 being found unconstitutional.

Arbitrators have been awarding retroactive pay increases above the one per cent cap, leading to larger costs for the government.

Ontario's Appeal Court is set to release its ruling on wage restraint law Bill 124 on Monday.

The law capped salary increases for public sector workers to one percent a year for three years.

Labour groups and unions challenged the law, which was found unconstitutional by the Ontario Superior Court. The government appealed the decision.