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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/32283
Title: Investigating Employment Standards Act Claims: Provincial and Regional Trends
Authors: Karaceper, Senem
Gravely, Evan
Goudar, Poornima
Smith, Kyla
Surendra, Aimee
Srikanthan, Saranya
Keywords: Hamilton, community-engaged research, workers rights, employment standards act, solidarity
Publication Date: Aug-2025
Publisher: Prepared by the McMaster Research Shop for Solidarity Place Worker Education Centre
Abstract: Between January 1, 2022, to January 1, 2025, 1,561 ESA claims were closed in Hamilton, Grimsby, and Burlington, representing ~2.3% of Ontario’s 41,796 claims during this period. These claims contained 4,202 alleged contraventions, averaging 2.69 violations per claim, indicating that most workplace violations are complex and involve multiple ESA breaches. To better understand workplace rights violations in the region, the McMaster Research Shop partnered with Solidarity Place Worker Education Centre (Solidarity Place) to conduct a quantitative study of provincial and regional ESA data obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) Request from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/32283
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