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Saskatchewan minimum wage rising to $15.70 in October
The right to strike is constitutionally protected — a new Senate report is looking for a workaround
Ontario cuts immigrant nominee streams from eight to four
Royal Victoria in Barrie, Ont., cuts 12 nursing positions, ONA warns patients will face longer waits

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Legal group urges B.C. to restrict NDAs in workplace gender-based violence cases

by Todd Humber

The Community Legal Assistance Society (CLAS) is urging the British Columbia government to ban or sharply limit non-disclosure agreements in cases of gender-based violence, saying the contracts silence people who have been harmed and allow …

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Payroll employment edges up in April as average weekly earnings rise 3.8%: Statistics Canada

CAOT launching national online hub for internationally trained occupational therapists

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Employment Hero names Chris Pinkerton as Canadian managing director

Benefits Fraud | SPECIAL FOCUS

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

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

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

Labour Relations| In Partnership with Queen's IRC

The right to strike is constitutionally protected — a new Senate report is looking for a workaround

by The Conversation

By Andrew Stevens and Charles Smith When Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada ran for re-election in 2025, they made a series of commitments …

Royal Victoria in Barrie, Ont., cuts 12 nursing positions, ONA warns patients will face longer waits
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Saskatchewan defends health-care strategy amid SGEU rally

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Thousands of immigrants got scammed by an attorney exploiting humanitarian visas, lawsuits say

by The Associated Press

Orla Mining reaches productivity bonus deal with workers at Camino Rojo mine

by The Canadian Press

How LGBTQ employees at Kodak risked their careers to build a safer, inclusive workplace

by The Conversation

Employment Law| In Partnership with HR Law Canada

Legal group urges B.C. to restrict NDAs in workplace gender-based violence cases

by Todd Humber

Tribunal faults Bell Canada for denying single mother’s schedule request

by Todd Humber

Ontario’s WSIB must restore flex work before office return, arbitrator rules

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Opinion

The right to strike is constitutionally protected — a new Senate report is looking for a workaround

by The Conversation

Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home

The voicemail your boss didn’t mean to leave

The silent creep: After-hours expectations are burning out top talent

Mental Health

Nova Scotia auditor finds mental health oversight office failing five years in

by Todd Humber

Mental fatigue, burnout cost 46 working days per employee each year: Manulife

Outed by HR: B.C. worker’s mental disorder claim revived after sexual orientation leaked to manager

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Workplace Safety| In Partnership with Safety News Canada

The voicemail your boss didn’t mean to leave

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Brinks armoured car workers win federal ruling on crew safety after work refusal, says union

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Recruitment & Retention

Are algorithms unfairly screening out immigrant job applications?

by HR News Canada

Trade Winds campaign challenges Alberta construction firms to hire skilled Indigenous tradespeople

Job vacancies rise for first time since 2022, says Statistics Canada

Four in 10 Canadian professionals plan job search: Robert Half

Artificial Intelligence

Agility Robotics heads to Wall Street in a $2.5 billion bet on staffing warehouses with humanoids

by The Associated Press

Most new hires fail, but AI-backed interviews can flip the odds: SHRM speaker

Canadian firms scaling AI faster than they can govern it, IBM finds

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Immigration

Ontario cuts immigrant nominee streams from eight to four

Government poll finds nearly half of Canadians think ‘too many immigrants’ are coming

When ICE ramped up enforcement, US‑born workers didn’t see any economic gains

More than 24,000 immigration documents could be suspended by Ebola border measures

Diversity

The Muslim wage gap in Canada’s largest metro area costs workers an estimated $1.2 billion a year

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Canada’s gender wage gap is even bigger for white-collar freelancers

Former AP reporter Marlene Louise Johnson, who sued wire for discrimination, dies at age 89

Industry News

Adecco records 1.2 million AI candidate interactions across 10 countries

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Dialogue launches medical second opinion program

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Brandon Hall adds six HR progression models

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Employment Hero names Chris Pinkerton as Canadian managing director

by HR News Canada Staff

Husky Technologies names Karen Stone as chief human resources officer

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Aegon names Jennifer Palmieri chief human resources officer

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Top Employers

RONA named one of Canada’s Best Workplaces in Retail and Hospitality

Blazesoft earns Great Place To Work recognition for third straight year

Great Place To Work launches Best Workplaces for Frontline Workers in U.S.

Canada’s Greenest Employers for 2026 show sustainability is no longer symbolic

Remote & Hybrid Work

Ontario’s WSIB must restore flex work before office return, arbitrator rules

Young and unemployed? Remote work, not AI, may be the problem, study finds

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