HR News Canada

by Todd Humber
B.C. launches text-based pain support line for tradespeople
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The ripple effect: Benefits fraud impacts premiums, coverage and healthcare 

by Todd Humber

Benefits fraud is often discussed in abstract terms. A compliance issue, an actuarial risk, a predictable cost. The human cost is harder to see, but it’s real.  When a fraudulent provider inflates billing, everyone in the plan absorbs the …

Ontario introduces legislation targeting worker protections and red tape cuts

Federal jury in North Carolina finds Uber liable for actions of driver who grabbed passenger’s inner thigh

Canada Post reports record $1.57-billion loss in 2025

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58% of satisfied employees still plan to apply for new jobs, study finds

Ontario Chamber of Commerce joins province’s emergency response network

Ontario and midwives association ratify three-year deal worth up to $52 million

Benefits Fraud | SPECIAL FOCUS

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

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

Accountability and difficult conversations: When behaviour crosses the line, here’s how to act

What repeated absences reveal about the health of your workplace

Labour Relations| In Partnership with Queen's IRC

Canada Post reports record $1.57-billion loss in 2025

by The Canadian Press

By Catherine Morrison Canada Post has released its annual report, detailing a $1.57-billion loss before tax for 2025. The Crown corporation said in a news release the record loss …

Teamsters Canada report finds TFW approvals for truck drivers quadrupled since 2010
1914 Ludlow Massacre took lives of 25 miners and family members during bitter strike for fair wages and conditions

Ontario and midwives association ratify three-year deal worth up to $52 million

Unifor talks with Fairmont Empress Hotel collapse with no new dates set

Labour Law| Premium Content

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Collective Agreements

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Investigation finds former Ohio State president violated school policy

by The Associated Press

58% of satisfied employees still plan to apply for new jobs, study finds

by Todd Humber

As entry‑level jobs dry up in NZ, how can we help young people find their way into work?

by The Conversation

Employment Law| In Partnership with HR Law Canada

Lower-paying replacement job slashes wrongful dismissal damages by $32,000: Ontario court

by Todd Humber

PREMIUM Candu engineers reinstated after arbitrator finds no just cause for dismissal

by HR Law Canada

Symposium Café ordered to pay worker fired after payroll complaint

by Todd Humber

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Opinion

As entry‑level jobs dry up in NZ, how can we help young people find their way into work?

by The Conversation

Employment data shows the early signs of AI job disruption are already here

Everyday sexist online language is not random, and that’s the problem

‘Canadian experience’ keeps skilled immigrants out of the labour market

Mental Health

When meetings go sideways: How leaders can intervene without making it worse

by Bill Howatt

Federal and Ontario governments fund $25.7M PTSI centre for first responders, health workers

Saskatchewan farmers get expanded mental health support starting April 1

PREMIUM Statistics Canada supervisor fired for falsifying monitoring reports over four-month period

Workplace Safety| In Partnership with Safety News Canada

B.C. launches text-based pain support line for tradespeople

by HR News Canada Staff

Man accused in Molotov cocktail attack of OpenAI CEO’s home opposed AI, court documents say

by The Associated Press

Manitoba to require hot water for handwashing at large construction sites

by Safety News Canada

Recruitment & Retention

B.C. opts in to rural worker retention policy, rejects broader temporary foreign worker expansion

by HR News Canada Staff

‘Canadian experience’ keeps skilled immigrants out of the labour market

Canada cannot afford to lose international research talent — here’s what needs to change

Saskatchewan expands rural health recruitment incentive to nine more communities

Artificial Intelligence

Lawmakers gathered quietly to talk about AI. Angst and fears of ‘destruction’ followed

by The Associated Press

Most early career workers need basic workplace skills, not just AI knowledge: Survey

AI is your most powerful HR tool yet. Are you using it?

Man accused in Molotov cocktail attack of OpenAI CEO’s home opposed AI, court documents say

Immigration

B.C. opts in to rural worker retention policy, rejects broader temporary foreign worker expansion

China urges travelers to avoid Seattle airport after 20 scholars were denied entry to the US

‘Canadian experience’ keeps skilled immigrants out of the labour market

Canada cannot afford to lose international research talent — here’s what needs to change

Diversity

Everyday sexist online language is not random, and that’s the problem

Pioneering female NFL official sues league over her treatment and firing

Federal report shows gains for Black public servants, persons with disabilities

The war on DEI reflects the quiet normalization of white nationalism — in the U.S. and beyond

Industry News

ACTO Technologies launches AI agents to automate work for pharmaceutical field teams

by HR News Canada Staff

FJ Management fielded 78,000 HR requests in a year using UKG platform

by HR News Canada Staff

HR Path acquires Covalence Consulting to expand UKG practice in North America

by HR News Canada Staff

People on the Move| Add Your Listing

Federal government names acting commissioner for workers at EI body

by HR News Canada Staff

Inseego names Silvia Rocha-Espino as head of people

by HR News Canada Staff

Asure Software names Tiffany Mortimer chief transformation and people officer

by HR News Canada Staff

Top Employers

DENSO’s Guelph plant named top employer for third straight year

Acuity Insights named a top Canadian SME employer for second straight year

Canada’s Top Small and Medium Employers rival large companies on workplace benefits

Top Employers for Canadians Over 40 support staff with retirement planning, flex work policies

Remote & Hybrid Work

Vermont labor board orders state to end return-to-office requirement for employees

B.C. union calls on province to let workers stay home to cut fuel costs

Most remote workers report productivity gains despite handling personal tasks

IESO hybrid work model falls outside telework clause, arbitrator rules

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