I could certainly use the retro pay right now, yes I was locked in 1%
Ontario Appeal Court rules Ford government's Bill 124 unconstitutional
Bill 124 limited wages for many public sector workers, including nurses and teachers
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...ario-1.7112291
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's law that imposed wage restraint on public sector workers violated their collective bargaining rights and is unconstitutional, the province's Appeal Court ruled Monday.
The law, known as Bill 124, capped salary increases for public sector workers to one per cent a year for three years.
A lower court struck it down as unconstitutional and the Appeal Court, in a 2-1 decision, largely upheld that decision, writing that the infringement couldn't be justified.
"Because of the Act, organized public sector workers, many of whom are women, racialized and/or low-income earners, have lost the ability to negotiate for better compensation or even better work conditions that do not have a monetary value," the court wrote in its majority opinion.
The Progressive Conservatives enacted the law, known as Bill 124, in 2019 as a way to help the government eliminate a deficit. The province had argued the law did not infringe constitutional rights, saying the charter only protects the process of bargaining, not the outcome.