HR News Canada

by Todd Humber

Top Stories

Stop fighting your workers’ resistance to change, HR leaders told

Employee resistance to change is normal, natural and hardwired into the brain, and HR professionals should stop trying to stamp it out and instead treat it as useful information, two change experts told a session …

Ford, Unifor ratify three-year deal with $1.25 billion in investment
Federal, provincial labour ministers pledge $2 billion for skills training at Halifax meeting
‘Brutal’: Ontario outdoor workers stay home, others mask up amid wildfire smoke

Stop the snub: Employees hold the power over workplace incivility

Latest News

Workers around the world remain optimistic about jobs despite economic worries: Survey
Correctional officers protest planned CSC budget cuts
Unifor turns attention to Stellantis, General Motors after Ford members ratify deal
The ‘that’s not fair’ conversation every leader dreads (and how to get it right)
Annual inflation rate eased to 2.8% in June: Statistics Canada
SHRM report links strategic training to better business results
Ontario construction wages climb while B.C. rates hold steady: StatsCan
Saskatchewan sawmill curtailing operations, 117 employees affected
Corus to centralize Calgary, Edmonton productions of Global News, 43 jobs cut
Canada’s concessions have meant little to Trump administration: U.S. trade czar
Ottawa boosts skilled trades funding with $2 billion for provinces over five years

Home Hardware takes top spot among Canadian retailers for workplace culture: Forbes

The Agreement | Labour Law

PREMIUM CPKC ordered to restore worker’s benefits until end of 2026

PREMIUM BC Nurses’ Union ordered to correct strike bulletin at Vancouver hospital
PREMIUM MTU Maintenance ruled provincially regulated in jurisdiction dispute by B.C. board
PREMIUM Costco delivery drivers certified as bargaining unit at BC business centre
PREMIUM Labour board dismisses City of Vancouver worker’s fair representation complaint over privacy letter

Collective Agreements

PREMIUM United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 and Pacific Energy Fireplace Products finalize three-year collective agreement covering production workers

WestJet flight attendants approve strike mandate as ground pay takes centre stage
Halton Hills eyeing new whistleblower program to target waste, fraud, wrongdoing
Canfor closes Northwood pulp mill, cutting 300 jobs in Prince George
N.L.’s gender-based violence task force eyes school curriculum for prevention
Trades wages jump 18% as overall pay trails inflation in U.S., Payscale...
26 Meta employees sue in US, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical...
Pilots at Flair Airlines ratify three-year contract
Most workers have encountered co-workers who misrepresented skills or identity: Survey
More than a third of skilled workers now freelance: Upwork research
What injured athletes can teach us about recovery and resilience
In Partnership with Queen's University IRC

Labour Relations

Correctional officers protest planned CSC budget cuts

Unifor turns attention to Stellantis, General Motors after Ford members ratify deal

Ford, Unifor ratify three-year deal with $1.25 billion in investment

WestJet flight attendants approve strike mandate as ground pay takes centre stage

Pilots at Flair Airlines ratify three-year contract

Air Canada reaches tentative contract deal with 11,000 IAMAW employees

Unifor to begin ratification meetings Friday for tentative deal with Ford
B.C. nurses expand picket lines to Vancouver Island at Nanaimo hospital
Ford and Unifor strike tentative deal for three-year labour contract
BC nurses escalate strike by picketing major hospitals
Unifor condemns Rogers media cuts, points to billions in MLSE spending

Opinion

The ‘that’s not fair’ conversation every leader dreads (and how to get it right)

Stop the snub: Employees hold the power over workplace incivility

Experiential and ‘work‑integrated’ learning aren’t the same — and it matters for higher education

When a worker’s stalker becomes the employer’s problem

When shareholder activists attack a company, its rivals may feel the heat too and change their ways
When a worker’s stalker becomes the employer’s problem
When shareholder activists attack a company, its rivals may feel the heat too and change their ways
Tracking your employees doesn’t make them more productive
The joy of pests: Study reveals why rat catchers are so happy in their work

Global HR News

SHRM report links strategic training to better business results
Trump’s Labor nominee touts experience and fraud prevention as he seeks confirmation
Brazil calls Trump’s 25% tariff unjustifiable, vows to impose reciprocal tariffs
No radiation leak after ‘contamination’ events at Africa’s only nuclear plant, regulator says
Trades wages jump 18% as overall pay trails inflation in U.S., Payscale finds

More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo exceed 2,000,...

House passes bill to ‘ditch the switch’ and make...

26 Meta employees sue in US, alleging AI-driven layoff...

Benefits Fraud

The ripple effect: Benefits fraud impacts premiums, coverage and healthcare 

The anatomy of benefits fraud: Common schemes and how they’re stopped 

Building a fraud-resistant workplace: What employers need to know 

The hidden cost of benefits fraud: How AI and data science are fighting back

Employment Law

Ontario ombudsman clears Township of Scugog’s off-site CAO hiring meeting

26 Meta employees sue in US, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical and parental leave

B.C. Mountie loses court appeal after coercive sexual relationship with jail guard
When a worker’s stalker becomes the employer’s problem
Nova Scotia board dismisses call centre’s bid to avoid mass layoff notice payments
Legal group urges B.C. to restrict NDAs in workplace gender-based violence cases

Mental Health

PREMIUM Ontario ordered to pay three guards on PTSD leave $12.5K each for posting their photos at jail entrances

Ontario coroner calls for broader mental health coverage after 34 corrections suicides

HR shapes whether workers struggling with mental health seek help or stay silent: Sorenson
Stress management tops list of what Canadian workers want from employers
Workplace depression is common. Managers can make it worse, or better
The hidden burnout crisis facing social media marketers

Total Rewards

PREMIUM CPKC ordered to restore worker’s benefits until end of 2026

Annual inflation rate eased to 2.8% in June: Statistics Canada

Ontario construction wages climb while B.C. rates hold steady: StatsCan
PREMIUM Arbitrator resolves four implementation disputes in CPKC-Teamsters pension deal
Trades wages jump 18% as overall pay trails inflation in U.S., Payscale finds
AI can help expose pay gaps but humans must decide compensation

Artificial Intelligence

26 Meta employees sue in US, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical and parental leave

Talogy partners with Symulate to build AI-powered talent simulations

Venture for Canada pitches students as AI guides for small businesses
AI can help expose pay gaps but humans must decide compensation
AI notetakers promise easy meeting recaps, but some professionals question their use
Talogy unveils model to measure human-AI collaboration quality

Recruitment

Ontario ombudsman clears Township of Scugog’s off-site CAO hiring meeting

Most workers have encountered co-workers who misrepresented skills or identity: Survey

Employers take 68 days to hire while top candidates disappear in just 10: Labrie
Relationship-driven recruitment strategy lands Abbotsford, B.C., 26 new family doctors
Applications for federal public service jobs drop by almost 30 per cent
PREMIUM Seneca Polytechnic analyst denied promotion after failing interview, arbitrator rules

Retention

Afni improves retention using UKG workforce platform globally

U.K.’s overworked staff eye the exit, HiBob survey finds

Nearly a quarter of Canadian workers plan to change jobs
Four in 10 Canadian professionals plan job search: Robert Half
Nova Scotia opens applications for healthcare worker recruitment grants
How to know if it’s time to quit your first job

Remote & Hybrid Work

Union to stage Ottawa street action over crowded federal office spaces

Office market sees first full-year of recovery since pandemic disruption: CBRE

Commuting costs, cramped offices drive resistance to return-to-office mandates
Ontario’s WSIB must restore flex work before office return, arbitrator rules
Return to office, hybrid work can trigger migraines – advocates warn
Hybrid work is not always the golden compromise employees expect – even as more companies implement it

People on the Move

Lotto.com names Amanda Coyle vice-president of human resources

Corel names Tracy Porter-Stevens as vice-president of people

Employment Hero names Chris Pinkerton as Canadian managing director
UKG hires Oracle executive Rod Johnson as chief revenue officer
Red Dot names Doug Bobay vice-president of global human resources
Husky Technologies names Karen Stone as chief human resources officer

Industry News

Talogy partners with Symulate to build AI-powered talent simulations

Afni improves retention using UKG workforce platform globally

Dayforce adds WorkWhile to contingent staffing network
Staffing industry pioneer Bill Pollock dies at 97
Talogy unveils model to measure human-AI collaboration quality
Neeyamo partners with Darwinbox to link HR and payroll systems

Top Employers

Home Hardware takes top spot among Canadian retailers for workplace culture: Forbes

CAE named to TIME’s Canada’s Best Companies 2026 list

RONA named one of Canada’s Best Workplaces in Retail and Hospitality
Viatris Canada earns spot on Best Workplaces list for 2026
AGT Products earns Great Place To Work certification
Constant Contact earns Great Place To Work certification

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Entrepreneurs on the Rise program moves under Open Door Group in B.C.

Quebec pension plans must blend mortality rates for non-binary members

Are algorithms unfairly screening out immigrant job applications?
The Muslim wage gap in Canada’s largest metro area costs workers an estimated $1.2 billion a year
How LGBTQ employees at Kodak risked their careers to build a safer, inclusive workplace
One in five reporting employers owe women wage increases: Canada’s Pay Equity Commissioner
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