Mapping the Impacts of COVID-19 on  - Hotel Workers in the GTA

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Mapping the Impacts of COVID-19 on - Hotel Workers in the GTA

28 Mar 2023

Brenda Roche, Director of Research TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 BACKGROUND 2 METHODS 4 FINDINGS 4 Occupational health and safety 4 Adequacy of occupational health 6 and safety protections Impacts of COVID-19 on job and 9 income security of hotel workers Adequacy of existing supports 10 and policies Opportunities to better protect the 11 job and income security of hotel workers NEXT STEPS: Towa. [...] Racialized and low-income female workers are more likely to be working on the frontlines and have disproportionately borne the harms of the pandemic–particularly economic hardship and job loss.1 The hotel and accommodations sector is one of the hardest-hit industries. [...] identify the emerging health and health equity impacts of COVID-19 on hotel workers in the Greater Toronto Area, particularly with regard to occupational health and safety and job and income security; 2. [...] Questions focused on the impacts of COVID-19 on hotel workers in the GTA, the adequacy of existing protections and supports, and what more could be done to better support the health and well-being of hotel workers. [...] The Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development is responsible for ensuring compliance and investigating complaints related to OHSA and the ESA.20,21 They have also been working with the Ministry of Health and Public Health Ontario to provide support and guidance to employers on precautions they should take to protect their workers from the virus (e.g., precautions around cleaning and disi.
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