Ontario premier accuses Tim Hortons’ founders’ children of bullying employees

The premier of Ontario is accusing the children of Tim Hortons’ billionaire co-founder of bullying their employees by reducing their benefits in response to the province’s increased minimum wage.

In a letter to workers at two Tim Hortons restaurants in Cobourg, Ont., Ron Joyce Jr. and Jeri Horton-Joyce said that as of Jan. 1, staff would no longer be entitled to paid breaks, and would have to pay a portion of the costs for dental and health benefits to offset the $2.40 jump in the hourly minimum wage.