Ontario will have to pay out more than $6 billion to broader public sector workers after the provincial government’s wage restraint legislation was found to be unconstitutional, according to a report in the Canadian Press.
Bill 124 went into effect in 2019, capping salary increases for some public sector workers at 1 per cent a year for three years.
But with that legislation now repealed, according to senior government sources cited by the Canadian Press, workers will collectively receive back-pay through so-called “reopener payments” to the tune of $6 billion.