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by Todd Humber
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

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MIT researcher warns AI could create hollow economy

by Todd Humber

A researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management has published a working paper warning that artificial intelligence could push the economy toward low-quality, machine-made output unless people keep close watch over …

The skills people still perform better than AI, according to workplace experts

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

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

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Most U.S. workers would take a pay cut for employer wellbeing, survey finds

Payroll profession faces talent shortage as complexity grows: NPI

‘Let me know if you need anything’ is not a return-to-work plan

AGT Products earns Great Place To Work certification

Workday adds five Canadian public sector clients amid national AI push

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

New Brunswick teachers secure 14.5% raise in five-year deal

by HR News Canada Staff

The New Brunswick government and the New Brunswick Teachers’ Federation (NBTF) have signed a new five-year collective agreement covering more than 7,800 teachers, with a general wage increase …

Canadian Labour Congress urges global action on workplace AI
Unifor members at Fairmont Empress ratify four-year contract with 17.75% wage increase

Stadium workers near Los Angeles vote to authorize a strike days before the World Cup begins

PIPSC seeks binding worker protections in federal AI rollout

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Global HR News| Workplace Coverage from around the world

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

by HR News Canada Staff

What to know about Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee and the legal rebuke that followed

by The Associated Press

Stadium workers near LA say they have a tentative deal, averting strike ahead of World Cup

by The Associated Press

Employment Law| In Partnership with HR Law Canada

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

by Todd Humber

Florida biologist fired over Charlie Kirk post after his death wins $485,000 settlement

by The Associated Press

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

by Todd Humber

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Opinion

When men take parental leave, their careers may benefit — but women’s do not

by The Conversation

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

How megalomaniac leaders establish their grip on a group — and they how they lose 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

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

by The Associated Press

ECO Canada opens applications for 2026-2027 student work placement program

First Student seeks 8,000 bus drivers in Canada and U.S. hiring push

CFIB report finds hiring disconnect between youth, small businesses

Artificial Intelligence

MIT researcher warns AI could create hollow economy

by Todd Humber

Human skills will set IT workers apart as AI rises: Report

Canadian Labour Congress urges global action on workplace AI

Canada raises skills training, AI priorities at G7 labour meeting

Immigration

Treasury warns banks of ‘red flags’ tied to customers in the U.S. illegally

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

Policy paper urges Canada to train skilled immigrants before arrival

Diversity

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

Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, appeals court panel rules

Why corporate leadership in Canada still remains dominated by men

Report finds barriers persist for Indigenous, racialized employees in BC Public Service

Industry News

Coconut Software launches AI scheduling tool for bank branches

by HR News Canada Staff

Upwork adds two directors as part of board refresh

by HR News Canada Staff

UKG hires Oracle executive Rod Johnson as chief revenue officer

by HR News Canada

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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

AGT Products earns Great Place To Work certification

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

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

Southwestern Ontario’s Top Employers recognized for advanced manufacturing, technology growth

Remote & Hybrid Work

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

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

Unions call for flexibility as executive federal staff return to the office full-time

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