If we were to set the current rate for your job as the benchmark or standard and then make adjustments based purely on productivity, what would happen? Take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself; “if it were strictly based on productivity, would my rate go up or down?” Come on now, be honest! [...]
There’s been a fair bit of media coverage and press in the last year, mostly critical of internships that are unpaid or paid at less than the going job rate for the job. Most of the criticism has been levelled at the growing rate of young people providing cheap labour to profitable corporations in the name [...]
The Ontario Disability Employment Network was cited in CACL’s recent edition of Poverty Watch. See the Network’s Top 5 recommendations made to Ontario’s Social Assistance Review Commission.
Strategies Used by Employment Service Providers in the Job Development Process: Are they consistent with what employers want? Dr. Luecking, President of TransCen Inc., was one of the keynote speakers at the Ontario Disability Employment Network’s Conference in Alliston this past November. Dr. Luecking collaborated on this recently released technical report which focuses upon strategies used by job developers and [...]
For Immediate Release  Yes, it’s possible to save taxpayers millions while getting more people who have a disability into the workforce  London, Ontario , March 21, 2012 What is the greatest barrier to people who have a disability finding and retaining jobs? The ‘system’ itself, according to the Ontario Disability Employment Network. Ontario spends $3.3 billion a year on [...]