HR News Canada

by Todd Humber
Pacific Blue Cross launches small-business benefits platform
Metro blames understaffed HR during COVID-19 for missing human rights tribunal deadlines
DoorDash, Uber lobby to stop spread of gig worker protection laws
Nvidia’s Huang pledges AI will boost manufacturing jobs. A test will come in Texas

Top Stories

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

by Todd Humber

Job vacancies across Canada rose in the first quarter of 2026, the first increase in nearly four years, Statistics Canada reported June 16. Vacancies climbed by 11,800, or 2.4 per cent, to 506,700. It was …

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SHRM annual conference opens in Orlando with nearly 20,000 attendees

Newfoundland and Labrador extends job creation funding deadline to July 10

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ONA enters arbitration with for-profit nursing home employers over pay gap

Four in 10 Canadian professionals plan job search: Robert Half

Dialogue launches medical second opinion program

Nearly half of Canadian workers have changed vacation plans due to work pressure

Customer service agents ratify Air Canada deal with 21% wage increases

Steel producers association unhappy with tariff remission program extensions

Benefits Fraud | SPECIAL FOCUS

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

Labour Relations| In Partnership with Queen's IRC

CLC backs tougher forced labour rules, rejects tariff link

by HR News Canada Staff

The Canadian Labour Congress is backing stronger enforcement against imports made with forced labour while rejecting attempts to use workers’ rights to justify tariffs against Canadian goods. “Forced …

ONA enters arbitration with for-profit nursing home employers over pay gap
Customer service agents ratify Air Canada deal with 21% wage increases

Rogers Sugar reaches five-year deal with Montreal refinery union

Senate report urges new law to prevent rail, port strikes

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Nvidia’s Huang pledges AI will boost manufacturing jobs. A test will come in Texas

by The Associated Press

Social Security shortfall could leave Americans $137,000 short at retirement

by HR News Canada Staff

Anthropic announces ‘Claude Corps’ to teach nonprofits to use AI more effectively

by The Associated Press

Employment Law| In Partnership with HR Law Canada

Metro blames understaffed HR during COVID-19 for missing human rights tribunal deadlines

by HR Law Canada

Leamington, Ont., temp agency and director fined $150,000 for unpaid wages

by HR News Canada Staff

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

by Todd Humber

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Court certifies overtime class action by clinical assistants against Alberta Health Services
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Former liquor store president in B.C. who misappropriated funds hit with $100K in punitive damages
on June 15, 2026
B.C. ordered to pay $250,000 to scapegoated health investigator
on June 15, 2026
PREMIUM Court grants summary judgment to fired COO, names subsidiaries as common employers
on June 15, 2026
PREMIUM Butcher can’t link vision loss to job, New Brunswick Court of Appeal rules
on June 15, 2026

Opinion

When HR responses do more harm than good

by Guest Contributor

Why don’t FIFA and the Premier League treat racist abuse as a workplace hazard?

How to know if it’s time to quit your first job

Hybrid work is not always the golden compromise employees expect – even as more companies implement it

Mental Health

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

by Todd Humber

Nearly half of Ontario RPNs eye exit from nursing citing workload, violence concerns

Empire Life trains 70 of its leaders in mental health first aid

When your workplace doesn’t match your ethical outlook – the problem of ‘moral injury’

Workplace Safety| In Partnership with Safety News Canada

Toronto police officer shot in exchange of gunfire has died, chief confirms

by The Canadian Press

Air Canada pilot who flew without correct licence fined, police to hold update

by The Canadian Press

Hiring your teen this summer? A family job doesn’t automatically keep them safe at work

by The Conversation

Recruitment & Retention

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

by HR News Canada Staff

Nova Scotia opens applications for healthcare worker recruitment grants

GlassRatner opens Montreal office with Quebec executive search firm

FBI seizes 13 websites that officials say were used by China to target and recruit US workers

Artificial Intelligence

V2 Cloud launches AI assistant and performance tools for HR teams

by HR News Canada Staff

PREMIUM House of Commons editors win 1.25% raise and AI safeguards

AI boosts wages and hiring at companies that use it most, PwC finds

Coconut Software launches AI scheduling tool for bank branches

Immigration

Sweden requires public workers to report migrants not authorized to live there

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

Trump’s latest immigration move clouds the path to green cards

Trump orders banks to take a closer look at clients’ citizenship in new immigration enforcement move

Diversity

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

Black advocates call out Carney government for excluding them from diversity council

Indigenous participation, engagement key to economic growth in Canada, report says

Disability group calls on employers to close accessibility gaps

Industry News

Pacific Blue Cross launches small-business benefits platform

by HR News Canada Staff

Brandon Hall adds six HR progression models

by HR News Canada Staff

GlassRatner opens Montreal office with Quebec executive search firm

by HR News Canada Staff

People on the Move| Add Your Listing

UKG hires Oracle executive Rod Johnson as chief revenue officer

by HR News Canada

Aegon names Jennifer Palmieri chief human resources officer

by HR News Canada Staff

SHRM Foundation names Gen Z leader Alex Edgar as first Losey fellow

by HR News Canada Staff

Top Employers

Viatris Canada earns spot on Best Workplaces list for 2026

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

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

Remote & Hybrid Work

Return to office, hybrid work can trigger migraines – advocates warn

The 2026 FIFA World Cup gives Canada an opportunity to attract digital nomads

In an era when workers are returning to offices, here’s how Dropbox is making remote jobs work

Several federal departments short of space as public servants return to the office

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Nova Scotia opens applications for healthcare worker recruitment grants
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Rogers Sugar reaches five-year deal with Montreal refinery union
Ontario’s WSIB must restore flex work before office return, arbitrator rules
National Bank earns WELL Gold for Montreal headquarters
Ambassador tells Canada to don ‘sales hat’ after Trump questions future of trade pact
Toronto police officer shot in exchange of gunfire has died, chief confirms
New Brunswick teachers secure 14.5% raise in five-year deal
Coconut Software launches AI scheduling tool for bank branches
Social Security shortfall could leave Americans $137,000 short at retirement
Anthropic announces ‘Claude Corps’ to teach nonprofits to use AI more effectively
FIFA World Cup festivities are underway. Here’s how Toronto health-care workers have been preparing
Human skills will set IT workers apart as AI rises: Report
When men take parental leave, their careers may benefit — but women’s do not
WCB Nova Scotia cuts employer rates for first time in a generation, improves worker benefits
Hiring your teen this summer? A family job doesn’t automatically keep them safe at work
Canadian Labour Congress urges global action on workplace AI
Canada raises skills training, AI priorities at G7 labour meeting
Kirkland Lake, Ont., excludes council from new employee social media policy
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