Jason Kenney’s half-baked overtime proposal hurts workers
Alberta workers stand to lose overtime wages thanks to Jason Kenney’s platform proposal, which will allow employers to stop paying time and a half for banked overtime hours.
Page 21 of the UCP Platform clearly states that a Kenney led government would “return to allowing banked hours to be paid out at regular pay instead of time-and-a-half.”
The proposal would also make Alberta’s work sites less safe and slow job creation as paying time and a half encourages employers to hire more workers instead of making their current employees work dangerously long hours.
This is only the latest attack on working people in Alberta. Mr. Kenney has also proposed a pay cut for people under 18, cuts to holiday pay, and a new panel to implement lower wages in the hospitality sector.