Advocates and workers say more protections and greater awareness are needed to uphold the rights of the growing number of Canadians performing freelance, contract and gig work.
A food delivery worker rides a bike in downtown Vancouver in December 2021. Advocates and workers say more protections, and greater awareness and enforcement are needed to uphold the rights of the growing number of Canadians performing freelance, contract and gig work.
He's part of a growing subset of Canadian workers who are considered contractors, freelancers and gig workers — all with untraditional employer-employee arrangements and often little to no worker protections. The federal government says aboutin 2020, up from 5.5 per cent in 2005. "More and more Canadians are going to end up in these types of situations," said Olsen, who now does contract work as a painter and enjoys talking to his boss "face to face," as well as more regular shifts.
Nora Loreto, president of the union, said it's common for these type of workers to eat the cost of their labour instead of trying to chase after what's owed — which can mean doing anything from badgering clients for payment to taking them to small claims court. That might especially be the case for those with clients and contractors based overseas, or who have no assets in the country.
"But we can't do it alone. I mean, this is where we need really strong labour laws and we need stronger enforcement mechanisms and, frankly, we need an end to misclassification."Canadian provinces have long struggled with defining and outlining the different types of workers, said Michael Lynk, an associate law professor who specializes in labour at Western University in London, Ont.with people in the labour sector on plans to implement more protections for gig workers.
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