A Brock University labour expert has launched an online survey to collect data about retail workers’ working conditions.
Professor Kendra Coulter tells CKTB's Larry Fedoruk anyone who works in retail in Ontario is invited to complete the survey.
She says it will provide important information about what people are experiencing personally.
The survey, launched this week, is anonymous and takes about 15 minutes to complete.
It will be live until March 8, International Women’s Day.
The survey is one component of a larger study Coulter is leading on gender and pay in retail.
Retail is the largest employment sector in Canada.
Some 17 per cent of Niagara’s workers are in the retail sector, a proportion that is similar in large cities such as Toronto.
The working conditions survey can be found at: brocku.fluidsurveys.com/s/genderworkpay