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Government of British Columbia
Economic security
Extreme poverty and homelessness
Recommendation 73: Increase the earnings exemptions for those on income and disability assistance and end the claw back of unearned income.-
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Economic security
Extreme poverty and homelessness
Recommendation 74: Allow income assistance recipients to attend post-secondary institutions and retain full assistance benefits and expand the Single Parents Employment Initiative (SPEI) to include higher education.-
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Economic security
Working poverty and employment standards
Recommendation 75: Implement interventions to reduce and eliminate precarious work in B.C.-
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Economic security
Working poverty and employment standards
Recommendation 76: End wage discrimination against farm workers and implement the general minimum wage as a wage floor for all piece-rate farm workers, as recommended by the Fair Wages Commission in 2018.-
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Economic security
Working poverty and employment standards
Recommendation 77: All levels of governments should ensure their direct and contract employees are paid a living wage.-
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Economic Security: Working Poverty and Employment Standards
Recommendation 78: Remove barriers for workers exercising their constitutional right to join a union, including a return to signed union card certifications, and implement measures to prevent employers from interfering in union organizing drives.-
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Economic security
Working poverty and employment standards
Recommendation 79: End contract flipping that enables employers to keep wages low for tens of thousands of workers.-
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Economic security
Working poverty and employment standards
Recommendation 80: Provide 21 sick days a year for all workers regardless of their immigration status.-
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