WINNIPEG Over the course of the pandemic, a variety of workplaces have been forced to close temporarily due to restrictions or COVID-19 outbreaks. Now, into the third wave, the province is changing its focus and steering away from closing only non-essential businesses. For essential and non-essential businesses, we re going to be having that ability to close businesses on a targeted basis where we re seeing transmission occur, said Dr. Brent Roussin, chief provincial public health officer. Roussin said businesses are required to report to Public Health if they have two or more cases of COVID. If we look at overall acquisition events, we see about 10 per cent both acquisition and transmission related to workplaces right now, said Roussin.
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The Manitoba government is raising the provincial minimum wage by five cents to $11.95 as of Oct. 1, Manitoba Finance announced Friday.
However, the head of the Manitoba Federation of Labour is hardly impressed by the raise, having long advocated for a $15 an hour minimum wage.
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By law, Manitoba’s minimum wage is tied to the Consumer Price Index. This adjustment is based on Manitoba’s 2020 inflation rate of 0.5%, rounding up to the nearest five cents. “Indexing Manitoba’s minimum wage to inflation provides predictability for businesses in terms of wage costs and ensures the purchasing power of the minimum wage is maintained on an ongoing basis,” said the province in a statement Friday.
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PUBLIC school teachers voted to both conduct an equity audit to get a better sense of who has a teaching permit in the province and establish an annual workshop on well-being in the profession at their union’s spring meeting.
PUBLIC school teachers voted to both conduct an equity audit to get a better sense of who has a teaching permit in the province and establish an annual workshop on well-being in the profession at their union’s spring meeting.
Hundreds of educators attended the Manitoba Teachers’ Society’s 2021 annual general meeting, which took place late last week (May 13-15).