Madeleine Miller started working part-time at a Kanata, Ont., Tim Hortons as soon as she turned 15. Madeleine Miller started working part-time at a Kanata, Ont., Tim Hortons as soon as she turned 15. But just because a company meets the minimum work hours doesn’t mean it hasn’t breached a worker’s employment agreement, said Sunira Chaudhri, a partner with Levitt LLP in Toronto. It may be that employers have worked the ability to change employee shifts with little notice into their contracts, she said. Consistently shorting employees’ on promised hours can hurt businesses too, said Langille, leading to higher labour costs thanks to increased turnover.

Source: thestar January 08, 2019 20:37 UTC