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Over the last 10 years, the Toronto home cleaning industry has figured out a way to reduce their labour costs dramatically and therefore offer incredibly low cleaning rates to customers while still making a significant profit.
By classifying workers at “independent operators” the company no longer takes on the following significant costs;
- Employee training (technical training, safety training, behaviour in the home training, training to reduce damage to your home etc.)
- Observing minimum hour laws which guarantees a minimum 4 hour shift for the worker
- Travel time – as home cleaners are often asked to commute 1-2 hours between cleanings
- Tools and Supplies – the company often requires the operator to pay for, transport, use and clean/maintain their own tools and supplies for the cleaning
- Paying taxes – the company is not required to make federal tax deductions from the employees earnings which include income tax deductions, EI and CPP deductions
- Contributing to WSIB
- Paying for overtime
- Paying for vacation pay
- Paying for statutory holiday pay. As you may know, this is 9 days per calendar year
Having independent operators in your home may make the home cleaning company toronto happy, but likely not the home cleaner– or you.