“Engaged time” concept skews perception of earnings Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow has written Ontario’s Labour Minister David Piccini to ask that Bill 88, the “Working for Workers Act,” be re-opened and reconsidered before it comes into effect in July, 2025.
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Industry input “speculative, opinion” Carlton Grant says by Rita Smith and Alexander Zdravko Despite inviting industry members to provide input into the 2024 Review of the Vehicle-for-Hire By-Law and Industry and paying $30,000 for public consultation sessions, staff based their
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What was the point of the VFH report? Toronto’s long-awaited Vehicle for Hire report was released today, along with a second report titled “Analysis of Driver Wages in the Vehicle-for-Hire Industry.” Unfortunately, it appears that the reports were generated in
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Media Event in Members’ Lounge at 9:30 Tomorrow, City of Toronto staff will provide an update on Vehicle-for-Hire reports, consultations and recommendations. Two reports are set to be considered by the Executive Committee on Tuesday, December 10 and by Toronto
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Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire (VFH) report is scheduled to be posted to the City’s website December 3rd and go to Executive Committee on December 10th. “Confirming the Vehicle for Hire report is going to Executive Committee on December 10,” Senior
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“Wait a minute – is this is a trick question?” This week, I received a call from an industry member requesting Taxi News re-post the June 24th article, “Toronto considers seizing inactive plates.” It has now been re-posted for those
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“Lack of availability of Taxi cab plates” cited as reason for proposal despite flood of VFHs Update August 8, 2024: This article was originally posted on June 24, 2024. It is being reposted in its entirety by request. In an
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Cap on licenses, single form of insurance recommended 1. Cap/pause on all commercials licenses like Vehicle for Hire (VFH) and Private Transportation Companies (PTC) for at least the next five years. Toronto should follow New York system: select 10,000 to
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Tory and Saunders ignored the Law; will Chow and Demkiw restore faith in it? Coincidentally, as I was doing research and interviewing experts for a hard news article on the topic of “Enforcing the Law” as it relates to the
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