Giving workers more time off is a laudable goal, employer groups say, but an extra week of mandatory holiday could be the final straw after a string of labour costs imposed by the current Liberal government — coupled with billions in business taxes and other new expenses pledged by the NDP.
Already in place are a 21-per-cent hike in the minimum wage, more vacation time and new emergency days off.
“It is just one more way that employers in this province will find themselves in a precarious situation,” said Karl Baldauf, an Ontario Chamber of Commerce vice president. “I would really begin to question what we are going to be doing to the health of Ontario’s economy, and economic prosperity more generally.”
