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by ARQresto
Tip Sharing
As you are most certainly aware, restaurant owners cannot currently impose, modify, or revoke a tip-sharing agreement. Your Association met several times with the Minister of Labour, Jean Boulet, to raise awareness of this problem and resolve it.
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Child Labour
Unfortunately, not all battles can be won. Despite the numerous media appearances, active participation in consultations on the bill, and submission of a brief, there were no amendments obtained for Bill 19, which regulates child labour.
Temporary Foreign Workers
Over the past few weeks, the ARQ has been in talks with the Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration to ensure that operators seeking to employ temporary foreign workers for service positions can post their offers at the tipped minimum wage and not the general minimum wage, as the current program requires.
Touzel Bridge Closure
The unplanned closure of the Touzel bridge in the Minganie RCM has impacted many merchants in terms of their supply capacity. Fortunately, swift action by the ARQ supported local restaurants by giving them access to the airlift for their food deliveries.
MONTREAL’S STREET FOOD TRUCKS
As the summer season kicks off, your Association met with the City of Montreal to ensure that any easing of conditions for installing street trucks would not be to the detriment of storefront restaurateurs.
