Neoliberalism is known as a political philosophy whose believers advocate free trade, open markets, deregulations, privatization, and the improvement of private sectors in today's society. The purpose of this philosophy was to hopefully avoid an economic failure like that of the 1930s. Neoliberalism requires the state to participate positively by creating infrastructure and privatizing industries. Privatization refers to the distribution of state industries to become privately owned. Privatization can occur in many ways, including acquisitions, sales from the stock market or sale of vouchers. In Canada some examples of privatization include Petro Canada, Canadian National Airway, Ontario Hydro, Telus etc. Privatizing a sector would mean more job opportunities and more revenue. Therefore, the purpose of the Ontario Works Act is to create a program that recognizes responsibility and promotes self-sufficiency, provides financial assistance and serves the public. The standard employment relationship outlines the nature of the relationship between employee and employer, as it relates to employment. One of the first points is to assume that the employment is full-time and that the employee has an employer. Secondly, regarding the workplace, the employee must have a physical workplace. And finally that the employment relationship is continued for an indefinite or indefinite period, meaning a subordinate employment contract. Being involved in a Standard Employment Relationship entails numerous advantages for the employee; they are entitled to extras such as paid holidays, sick leave and health benefits, as well as being protected by employment legislation. However, in recent years standard working relationships have changed and are increasingly oriented towards precariousness. Created... middle of paper... omen had a chance to get pregnant. Davis raises several cases where pregnancy has been seen as gender discrimination and says the discrimination goes beyond just women who are already pregnant. She says that in the past, employers have asked a current or prospective employee about birth control and their intentions in the future dealing with pregnancy. Davis emphasized that sex discrimination occurs in many different ways and brought attention that a more detailed definition is needed to ensure that everyone understands the actions considered discriminatory. The discussion demonstrates that the standard employment relationship is slowly declining as a norm. However, the downside is that atypical employment only hides gender discrimination and suspicious work trends.