the social side of working life

Well it's about freakin' time, ain't it?

Ottawa gets set to revamp labour code

By BRUCE CHEADLE, CNEWS/CANOE

OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government is set to launch a national round of collective negotiations with the potential to revamp life on the job as we know it.

Everything from the length of the work week to maternity leave, a national minimum wage and Canada's paltry two-week vacation standard will be on the table when a federal commission begins work next month, says Labour Minister Joe Fontana.

The four-person panel, to be officially launched in a couple of weeks, will undertake what Fontana is calling a "pretty monumental exercise" studying the social side of working life.

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