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💸 Ontario Wants to Make Salary Transparency Mandatory

November 08, 2023

What’s In This Email

  • Ontario wants to make salary transparency mandatory

  • Quebec media giant TVA lays off more than 500 employees

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✍️ TAKE NOTE

Ontario to make it mandatory for salaries to be disclosed in job postings

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A new legislative proposal pushes for more job transparency for job seekers by insisting that employers add salary to job postings.

Key Takeaways

  • Part of legislation called “working for workers”

  • Will be tabled when MPPs return to Queen’s Park the week of Nov. 14

  • British Columbia announced similar mandates earlier this year

  • This legislation also states that businesses must inform job seekers if they are using AI in the hiring process

  • Ontario is the first province to mandate disclosures of AI use in hiring

  • Prohibits employers from asking about previous pay history

Quebec media giant TVA lays off more than 500 employees, almost a third of its workforce

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TVA, one of Quebec's largest broadcasters, has announced a significant reduction in its workforce. The move, which will see over 500 employees laid off, comes as the company grapples with financial challenges exacerbated by the rise of streaming services and a decline in traditional advertising revenues.

Key Takeaways

  • Quebec media company TVA is laying off 547 employees, nearly a third of its workforce, due to a $13 million deficit largely from lost advertising revenue.

  • TVA will outsource the production of entertainment series and centralize regional news in Quebec City.

  • The company will focus on news and some sports broadcasts, ceasing in-house entertainment production.

  • TVA Group's president, Pierre Karl Péladeau, cites the disrupted traditional TV business model due to streaming services, declining audiences, and competition for content and sports rights.

  • The broadcaster's building in Montreal may be repurposed for social housing.

  • TVA had previously cut 140 positions in February 2023 and cancelled some programming, but these measures were insufficient.

  • The union representing TVA employees expressed that they were not informed of the cuts beforehand and saw this as a breach of the collective agreement.

  • Quebec politicians have responded, highlighting the significant cultural and employment loss and calling for measures to support the media industry.

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 🌐 AROUND THE INTERWEBS  

According to Antle, those living on the western edges of time zones are similar to people living in permanent daylight saving time. In contrast, living on the eastern edge is like living in permanent standard time.

“You get 19 minutes less sleep every night if you're on the western edge of a time zone … which adds up to over 100 hours less sleep a year,” he said.

Robillard called it a “public health concern” and said she agrees with many researchers in the sleep community who are recommending daylight saving time be abolished.

Ontario passed a bill to ditch the bi-annual time change in 2020, but it will only come into effect if Quebec and New York follow suit.

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