Recent ESDC blitzes continue to expose the harsh reality that many segments of the trucking industry are out-of-control when it comes to labour and tax compliance and obeying other rules. “This comes as no surprise to…
Enforcement Blitzes Unveil Non-Compliance ‘Insanity’ Facing Trucking Industry Read more...
The number of temporary foreign workers applying for open work permits to escape abusive employers has jumped more than 800 per cent year-over-year, according to a Toronto Star article published this week. …
Star Article Highlights Govt Data Showing Labour Abuse Crisis in Trucking Read more...
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is applauding the joint enforcement action of Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board…
OTA: Driver Inc Enforcement Ramps Up, as Risks of Participating in Scheme Increase Read more...
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the Labour Program at ESDC today signed an Information Sharing Arrangement (ISA) to facilitate inspections and enforcement in the federally regulated trucking sector. The government agencies had…
ESDC & CRA Team Up to Tackle Trucking’s Underground Economy Read more...
CIFFA Corp, which represents freight forwarders, customs brokers, freight brokers, drayage truckers, and warehousing firms across Canada, who manage about 80% of the country’s import and export trade, is joining…
Amid political fireworks and uncertainty, the Federal Government did release its 2024 Fall Economic Statement (FES). It’s unclear what, if any, proposals in the FES will get implemented, especially considering…
FES Appears to tackle Wage Theft, Tax Cheating, While Expanding Investment Incentive Read more...
The underground economy is thriving in Canada’s trucking industry because the federal government refuses to take meaningful action against those in the trucking industry who cheat, defraud the system and…
Tell the Government: ‘We Matter Too. Do the Right Thing & Enforce the Law’ Read more...
ESDC has created two posters to inform employees and employers of their rights and obligations in regards to classifying workers properly as employees. ESDC’s Misclassification Team in various regions are…
ESDC Creates Workplace Posters Warning about Misclassification Read more...
A group of Ontario truck drivers and labour advocates gathered last week in Brampton to protest carrier companies who withhold wages, misclassify employees as independent contractors and deny standard labour…
