Labour standards for the 21st century : Canadian Labour Congress issues paper on Part III of the Canada Labour Code

Labour Standards for the 21st Century: CLC Issues Paper on Part III of the Canada Labour Code 1 Throughout the Part III review process, the CLC will have the opportunity to learn from the input of our affiliates, other organizations, experts, and the general public. [...] The solution to this state of affairs is to push enforcement back into the workplace, and to make sure that the protections of the law are updated to take full account of the changing realities of work and of new social realities. [...] The time-burden of care for the elderly, the sick, and persons with disabilities has been shifted to workers as the result of cuts to community and social services, and every more-early discharges from the health care system. [...] The sacrifices being made may well undermine the short- and long-term well-being of Canadian workers and society as a whole.” Women in the Workforce: Implications for Part III Issues relating to work-family conflict – above all promoting more flexibility for workers in terms of working time over the working week and the life-course – should be a major priority in the review of Part III. [...] In its submission to the Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel in 1999, the CLC proposed that the establishment of Human Rights Workplace Committees be required, on the model of the health and safety committees required in Part II of the Code.