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siness association meeting
.mployersi rights, obligations..
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In other business the
et- 1 ', reviewed its
at1, :,,r the Sidewalk Sale
tt, 'w ner, in conjunction
the , inior Citizens'
st.
noted '
position '40n
o building housing
in Crwimshank Park has
been cessful, and John
Cullen sproposed that the
associatign should follow up
and make sure the seniors'
housing does get built else-
where in town. However no
action was taken at the
meeting;�
The association's next
meeting June 12 will include
a tour of,the Bruce Nuclear
Power Development.
A group of local employers
'got a short course on
Ontario's Employment
Standards Act during the
meeting of the Wingham
Business Association last -
week.
Guest speaker Harold
Engler, a fieldworker for
Huron and Perth counties
with the Ministry of Labor,
outlined for the merchants
what they owe their em-
ployees under the Act, as
well as giving some tips on
how to fire an employee
without notice or severance
Icy •
And he urged the
association members to
lobby their member of the
provincial parliament for
changesif they feel the Act
hurts their businesses or is
weighted .in favor of the
workers.
"It's tough out there," Mr.
Engler told 'the group,
composed mainly of
Wingham merchants and
small business ownexs, and
he said if they want to get rid
of an employee they must lay
down the law and then stick
to their guns.
While formal notice in
writing of between one and
eight weeks, depending on
the length of employment, or
payment in lieu of notice
normally is required to fire
an employee, the Act per-
mits firing without notice or
pay for "willful misconduct,
willful disobedience or will-
ful neglect of duty", he said.
He explained that in
general -`willful' means
premeditated. If an em-
ployeeis in the habit of
coming to work late and the
employer condones it, he
cannot suddenly fire the
worker for coming in late.
However if he warns the
worker that the next time he
arrives late, no 'matter what
the circumstances, "even if
he loses a leg the night
before", he will be fired, and
the worker still C--oi` es i
late, the employer can'
summarily fire him.
"In order to save yourself
money document ''these
warnings and make sure the
employee is aware of it,"
Mr. Engler advised.
He said the Employment
Standards Act basically
covers employees who don't
have unions or bargaining
agents to act for them,
noting that 60 to 65 per cent
of the workforce in Ontario is
not organized.
Under the Act the standard
work week is' 48 hours, with
overtime payable after 44
hours, and the minimum
wage set at $3.00 an hour.
The Act does permit a
`learner' rate of $2.90 per
hour for a maximum of one
month, as well as a special
rate of $2.50 per hour for
waiters and waitresses in
establishments serving
liquor "because of the tip
factor", be said. However he
added the ministry has done
a survey regarding' tips and
found not all employees are
getting them, so that could
be changed.
The minimum wage for the
construction industry is $3.25
an hour, with no learner's
rate, and the work week
there is 55 hours.
The' Act also provides a
minimum wagd of $2.15 per
hour, for students under the
age of 18 who are attending
classes. Students paid at this
rate may not work more than
28 hours a week during the
school year, or else they
must be paid the full $3.00,
Mr. Engler said. During the
summer they can work up to
48 hours a week.
He also outlined the
regulations regarding
statutory holidays, vacation
,.may and equal pay for men
and women.
There are seven statutory
holidays for which an em-
ployee must be paid,
provided he has worked at
least 12 days during the pre-
vious four weeks and works
his normal days before and
after the holiday, Mr. Engler
said.
Vacation pay is the oldest
piece in the legislation and
causes the most action for
his branch, he added. It is set
at four per cent of an em-
ployee's pay, which works
out to two weeks paid
holidays per year. An em-
ployee is . entitled to the
vacation pay after working
for one year, but the em-
ployer has up to an ad-
ditional 10 months in which
to give the holidays.
However an employer is
not obliged to give paid sick
leave or to provide coffee
breaks, he said. These are
negotiable items and not
covered by the legislation.
Regarding equal pay for
equal work by men and
women, he said the Women's
Bureau at Queen's Park is
"quite "heavy ori this", but
hasn't arrived at a
satisfactory method of
defining work of equal value.
As a result there are loop-
holes in the legislation "big
'enough to drive a semi-
trailerthrough".
Basically, when a male
and female are working in
the same place and doing
substantially the same job,
they must get equal pay, he
said. "You are going to hear
more about it, I can tell you
that.
Mr L. i,:an ',net
what ..an uappen if ,e
ployer doesn't live up W i..�
obligations ander the Act.
While the ministry usually
takes a low-key approach to
resolving problems, an
uncooperative employer can
be taken to court. Penalties
are provided under the
Criminal Code, and range up
to a $10,000 fine and six
months in jail.
John McInnes claimed the
Act gives all the breaks to
the employees and none to
the small businessman, and
he was advised to see his
MPP and push for changes.
MRS. LEWIS STONEHOUSE
Belgrave Personal- Notes
Holiday weekend, visitors
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Edgar were Mr. and
Mrs. Maitland Edgar,
Dianne and Dean, Mr. and
Mrs.1 Michael Park, all of
Petrolia, Ricardo Rescal-
dani of Argentina, South
America, Miss Brenda
Edgar of Waterloo.
Mr. and Mrs. George
Michie visited on the holiday
weekend with Dr. Donald
and Mrs. Whitfield of Sault
Ste. Marie.
Jesse Arnold, infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Louttit
of Thunder Bay, was re-
ceived into Knox United
Church, Belgrave, at the
Sunday morning ' service.
Mr. and Mrs. Louttit and
Andrea are former Belgrave
residents.
Mr. and Mrs. Carman
Farrier and Carol of Long
Branch spent ,the weekend
with her 'mother, Mrs. Nel-
son Higgins,
NTr. and Mrs. Ross Wight -
man, Tracey, Pamela and
Kevin of Fergus visited on
the weekend .. with Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Wightman.
• Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Vin-
cent of Oakville, Mr. and
Mrs. Americo Arruda, Maria
and Michelle of Toronto, Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Logan,
Kevin and Trevor of
Wyoming visited on the holi-
day weekend with Mrs. Cliff
Logan.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry
Logan, Michael and Shawn
of Burlington are spending a
week at their farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gor-
don and Margaret Ann, Mrs.
Lawrence ' Taylor spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
Ron Kirkham and Ken and
Mrs. Ruth Coyne�of Windsor.
Mr. and "`Q. Gerald
Dennis, Darlene and Laurie
of Waterloo visited on Mon-
day ' with Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard James.
This *reeli the tlalai:.
development ,committee
ittee
wndertoo t the stat* of the
estjmatea of the M41nil try of
CollegeaThe tnandhdUnislervers 1 .
, Iln In-
troduchig" the speinding
program for 0004q, drew.
attention to the fact :there
was an actual -decline in',
overall enrolment
universities of about 2.9
cent, although it was not an
across-the-board decline.
Enrolment in engineering
and, applied sciences, the
health professions and the
social sciences nti • to
grow, while enrolment in
mathematics and physical
sciences remained steady
and declines occurred in
education, humanities and
life sciences.
The minister indicated an
immediate concern Over the
chronic deficiency in the
skilled trades area. In the
field of apprenticeship a
master -plan is in the process
of development, ` with an
objective to achieve 12,000
additional active ap-
prentices in two years anda
five per cent reduction in the
dropout rate in 1980-81 and 10
per cent in 1981-82.
Part of the master plan
includes a - °Linkage'
program to inform young
people in secondary schOols
of . the opportunities in
various trades. The program
is designed to identify young
people who have an interest
and the potential to enter the
skilled trades sector' of the
work' force. $3' linking
students early with a trades
training program, they can
accomplish in advance the
basic in -school training
course for the apprentice-
ship, thereby reducing the
time required to complete an
apprenticeship.
As of January 31, 1980,
11,422 students were enrolled
in the occupations presently
within this program. In
addition employers con-
nected with eight oc-
cupations which have shown
a critical skills shortage will
be given special financial
assistance to encourage
their involvement in training
programs. Fitter -welder and
instrument . mechanic . are
two _new, Ns i11.aips, which
haveAcientittentifted#S0eing
in,shdrt supply.
Last June a special ad-
ditional
dditional operating grant of $7
million was provided to the
colleges of applied arts and
technology to cover the
direct academic and
educational resources cost
TIFF LIZZY—Some of the Wingham Lions couldn't wait until morn-
ing to tell Joan Crawford her name was drawn, during the Show of
Stars on Thursday ev'eninfg, for the Lions' Tin Lizzy. Immediately
following the show the miniature car was transported down to her
home and the Crawfords were awakened to accept the prize. Here
are Nick O'Donohue, Lions president; Anil Bodasing, then Craw-
ford, Quinn O'Donohue, Steve Crawford, Archie Hill, and behind the
wheel of her winnings, Mrs. Crawford.
a ditit hi .40 t0 udents,!
many o whom,wtllt,"sttaken
.advantage...4the teeltnicai
available at the
�g s. •
it is interesting to note the
job placement success of the
. community • college
graduates, In 18?9 there
were 18,591 graduates frown
the colleges, and as of Nov.
5cent
1 , 1979', 69:1 per of the
''79..._.graduates who were
available for employment
had obtained jobs.
The Ina atwr 3154 ^nm-
mented on the student
support program, ex-
pressing concern about the
accessibility of post-
secondary education to all
students in—Ontario. The
current estimates reflect in-
creased funding in &number
of student assistance
til and lir
have bee int i
the Ontario .
Assistancel'rogri
17,00, to -O2 from
week of study, ThOugroOtt.
applien to students studying
away from acute.
A,ddltional neett*ruling
from tuition fee aiincrea .es et
Ontario; colleges and:
u ntversiities will be . Met
through increased grans or
loans to students qualifying
for ass*, ur ee tinder s
The merit based Ontario
Graduate Scholarship
Program, which now. stands
as $1,630 per term, has been
increased to offset the effect
of tuition fee increases in
universities in 1980-81.
Students who could not
apply for grants in 1,979-80
because they had -already
completed the equivalent of
t ,assets of t
be considered
,cal o f4 tylia
small t he.hoi
inthe cOoshi on of ass
for married students
ass' ss' .
ldente W1,
1 tai Bats.
R. W. Bell
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