Seven experts led by Sunil Johal—policy director at the Mowat Centre, a Toronto-based think-tank—will suggest ways to modernize labour standards by June 30, 2019. The panel will examine issues including  protections for workers in non-standard work—part-time and temporary jobs, or self-employment—as well as disconnecting from work communications outside the work day and benefits accessibility and portability. (The Logic)

Talking point: The share of Canada’s labour force doing non-standard work has been above one-third since the late 1990s, suggesting it’s about time to address the challenges of those workers. But that’s not because of the rise of the gig economy. An internal government document from June 2018—obtained by The Logic via an access-to-information request—states that “so far there is little evidence that gigs are an important part of Canada’s labour market,” although its definition is restricted to ridesharing and short-term rental services.