Workplace Rights and Issues for Workers

Know your workplace rights, power issues with managers and clients, working to create a positive work environment.

Related Web Sites

Career Q & A
Every two weeks, career coaches Alan Kearns and Michael Mayne of Charity Village answer your questions about working in the nonprofit sector.

Employment Standards
Your rights as a worker are protected by federal and provincial labour laws. Most workers in Ontario are covered by the Ontario Employment Standards Act.

Human Rights at Work
This guide seeks to help employers and all partners in the workplace understand and comply with human rights laws, and create a work environment that promotes the values of the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Office of the Worker Adviser (OWA)
The OWA provides free services to non-unionized injured workers and their survivors in workplace insurance matters (formerly called workers' compensation).

Professional Compensation
A series of research articles from Charity Village.

Recommended Reading

Fair Employment Contracts for Community Service Workers
This guide outlines the key elements of employment contracts for workers in the community services sector - September 2001.

Family Violence: It’s Your Business (A Workplace Toolkit)
The purpose of this Toolkit is to help organizations take action to address family violence and its impact on the workplace - November 2004.

Working On Contract For A Community Agency? What You Should Know
This pamphlet provides community workers with information about your rights at work and what you can do to enforce those rights.