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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
I strongly disagree. The legislation that exists has no teeth to it which makes it beneficial to employers. Employers can misclassify an employee until the employee takes them to court, which is going to probably cost that employee more money to fight than they would get out of it and then the company only has to pay them what they were legally entitled to receive in the first place.
It might be different in other provinces but in Alberta the labour board very rarely awards costs because they view it as an incentive to take an employer to court rather than attempting to reach a settlement prior to. So there really is no deterrent.
Labour costs being prohibitive isn’t the reason companies like Amazon that can obviously afford to pay their employees more structure their businesses in ways that make it as difficult as possible for their employees to improve their conditions of employment.
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Okay, but I'm not talking about Amazon, I'm talking about Trucking companies of various sizes.
They have to lease vehicles, store and maintain them, fuel them, etc. Its a very expensive business and employees arent cheap either.