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I have been working for a company for 6 years. I I have gotten several pay raises while are the previous minimum wage. Now that minimum wage has gone up, why does my previous pay raises not add onto the now new minimum wage? It's not a pay raise by minimum wage going up. It's a mandatory increase the employer has to provide. So why does my previous pay raises not increase?

Hello, I am working for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in Toronto, which is a Crown corporation. Could you please tell me whether this company follows the Canada Labour Code or the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA)? I heard that not all Crown corporations follow the Canada Labour Code.

If you have worked for a family owned business and they sell private you entitled to ssereance pay ?

I sent a question yesterday but did not receive a reply, so I'm not sure if the within minutes is real or not. I am currently employed in a Monday to Friday job and work part time on weekends. My part time establishment was recently bought by another owner. Someone full-time recently got laid off, and I'm worried I could be next. Is there severance available for people who have a few jobs and the first job makes twice as much as the part time job? I've been working there for 2. 5 years all on a part time basis.

I currently have a regular Mon-Friday Job and work part time retail on weekends. The business has just changed ownership and I think I could be let go as someone else recently was. Would I be entitled to severance pay even if I have a Mon-Fri job that pays twice as much?