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Ottawa moves into final build, testing for Dayforce platform as it looks to move past Phoenix

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Ottawa moves to prop up youth employment in a rough summer jobs market

Google offers buyouts to staff in latest round of cost cutting

Richardson Wealth earns sixth workplace recognition in financial services

Union says Canada Post won’t meet it ‘halfway’ on arbitration, prolonging deadlock

Labour minister urges mediation to help settle Montreal transit mechanics strike

Linamar fined $350,000 after worker critically injured by falling equipment in Guelph, Ont.

NB Power offered retirement packages to employees who were already leaving: audit

MyCreds launches mobile app for trades workers to ease interprovincial job mobility

Small businesses struggle to find skilled workers as labour shortages persist: CFIB

AI could help address Canada’s shrinking workforce: Fraser Institute

Trending HR Stories

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Lodge workers in Timmins, Ont., vote to join Steelworkers union

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New Brunswick reaches tentative deal with correctional officers union

WSIB offers above-inflation wages as strike with union continues

Ontario’s top court upholds Metrolinx’s firing of five employees for sexual harassment in...

Durham Region Transit workers reach tentative deal, avoiding strike

DHL Express locks out workers across Canada, adding to parcel sector turmoil

Trending in Labour

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There has been progress in gender equality, but female university professors still face obstacles

Tracking apps monitor remote employees’ performance — and invade their privacy

Recruitment & Retention

Nearly one-third of hiring managers expect increased turnover in 2025: Survey

Ontario launches online career portal amid tariff concerns

Employment Law| In Partnership with HR Law Canada

Port Moody, B.C., food truck company ordered to fork over unpaid wages to former cook

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Canadian man sentenced to 2 1/2 years in U.S. Social Security fraud

Air Canada flight attendant’s dismissal for sexual harassment reduced to suspension, arbitrator cites...

Court approves Phoenix pay settlement for casual federal workers

Canadian employers face difficult workforce decisions amid on-again, off-again tariff war

Alberta’s request to question fired health executive over confidential emails granted

Trending in Law

Diversity

There has been progress in gender equality, but female university professors still face obstacles

Total Rewards

Ottawa moves into final build, testing for Dayforce platform as it looks to move past Phoenix

UKG wins top global payroll award for second consecutive year

Physicians’ pension plan posts 152% funded status, adds new guarantee features

Think you can’t negotiate work benefits? You can if you get creative, experts say

CUPE promises talks to erase $285-million pension shortfall in New Brunswick

AI boosts worker wages by 56% while creating jobs in automated roles: PwC research

Ontario MPPs to get raises after 16-year freeze; bill to establish new pension plan

CEO pay rose nearly 10% in 2024 as stock prices and profits soared

Mental Health

Workplace peer support app expands beyond public safety sector

Industry News| See More

UKG wins top global payroll award for second consecutive year

MyCreds launches mobile app for trades workers to ease interprovincial job mobility

Detroit uses UKG’s workforce technology to boost employee productivity

Manulife adds virtual women’s health services through Maven Clinic partnership

Workday launches AI agent network with Microsoft, AWS and Google Cloud

Workplace peer support app expands beyond public safety sector

UKG acquires Shiftboard to expand scheduling tools for regulated industries

Poor air quality threatens food safety in manufacturing facilities: Camfil Canada

Firstsource launches crowdsourcing platform for gig economy workers

Teamflect launches AI tool to help HR professionals spend more time supporting employees

New Ottawa-based executive consulting firm targets B2B revenue challenges

Utility company cuts turnover costs by $500,000 using mobile HR platform: UKG

Construction tech firm Hubexo selects Dayforce to consolidate global HR systems

UKG earns workforce management leader ranking for sixth straight year

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Former Aimia HR executive powers up to chair of Hydro One’s board

BMO expands CHRO Mona Malone’s role to chief administrative officer

iCIMS hires veteran tech executive as chief technology officer

Workday appoints former Salesforce executive Edward Charter as Canada country leader

Linda Zarzeczny appointed as vice chairperson to Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board

Grainger names Melanie Tinto as new chief human resources officer

Great-West Lifeco names new president and CEO

Quebec school board names Julie Simard as new human resources director

Steel producer Nucor restructures HR leadership with dual appointments

Heidrick & Struggles promotes 17 new partners across global offices, including Luke Weaver in Toronto

UKG names Jay Dettling as first chief partner officer

A2MAC1 names Beatriz Flores chief human resources officer

UKG appoints Prakash Kota as chief information officer

Caterpillar names Christy Pambianchi as chief human resources officer

Top Employers

Richardson Wealth earns sixth workplace recognition in financial services

Danone Canada earns top workplace gender parity recognition

Remote & Hybrid Work

North Korean hackers using deepfakes to land remote jobs, researchers warn

Return-to-office mandate was constructive dismissal for long-term remote worker: Alberta court

Workplace Safety| View the Special Section Dedicated to OHS

‘It’s like gambling’: Union at Port of Vancouver sounds alarm on grain silo explosions

WSIB offers above-inflation wages as strike with union continues

New Brunswick declares intimate partner violence an epidemic following union advocacy

B.C. mill worker drowns after being trapped in machine that fell into ocean
Toronto waste company fined $110,000 after worker death

Artificial Intelligence

AI could help address Canada’s shrinking workforce: Fraser Institute

Workday launches AI agent network with Microsoft, AWS and Google Cloud

Global HR News

In Trump’s America, the shooting of a journalist is not a one-off. Press freedom itself is under attack

Italy’s referendum on citizenship and job protections fails because of low turnout

Corporate Social Responsibility

QEC launches scholarship in memory of electrician who died on job in Nunavut

Intact Financial donates $2 million for workplace well-being research

Immigration

B.C. reports progress in recognizing foreign credentials for skilled workers

‘Follow your heart’: BC launches U.S. recruitment drive to address health-care worker shortage

Weird Workplace| The Lighter (and Stranger) Side of HR

Iqaluit city council turns down art festival’s request to declare a civic holiday

IKEA hiring people in U.K., Ireland to work in its new virtual store on Roblox

Gangs, throuples and kangaroo strikes: The 10 wildest HR calls received by Peninsula Group

In Case You Missed It

AI could help address Canada’s shrinking workforce: Fraser Institute

‘It’s like gambling’: Union at Port of Vancouver sounds alarm on grain silo explosions

B.C. refinery worker, fired for lying about price of boots, has grievance dismissed

‘End of the line’ reached, Ignace must pay up in wrongful firing suit

Canada Post rejects union terms for arbitration as both sides enter bitter stalemate

B.C.’s youth unemployment rate second-highest in Canada with 16.6 per cent in May

Canadian Tire signs 20-year lease to anchor $200 million Canada Square office retrofit in Toronto

Desjardins agrees to $7 million settlement over negative vacation bank deductions

Montreal bus and subway services disrupted as transit maintenance workers strike

Canada boosts defence spending to NATO target, including $2.6 billion to recruit, retain personnel

The $1 billion dollar headache: Migraines take painful toll on one-quarter of Canadian workers

Newfoundland and Labrador invests $2 million in clean energy workforce training

WSIB offers above-inflation wages as strike with union continues

B.C. reports progress in recognizing foreign credentials for skilled workers

Ontario’s top court upholds Metrolinx’s firing of five employees for sexual harassment in WhatsApp group

‘Follow your heart’: BC launches U.S. recruitment drive to address health-care worker shortage

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