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‘Brutal’: Ontario outdoor workers stay home, others mask up amid wildfire smoke

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Stop the snub: Employees hold the power over workplace incivility
Ontario ombudsman clears Township of Scugog’s off-site CAO hiring meeting
CFIB praises internal trade reform progress, but employers still face inconsistent rules

Employers take 68 days to hire while top candidates disappear in just 10: Labrie

Latest News

Home Hardware takes top spot among Canadian retailers for workplace culture: Forbes
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 finds
26 Meta employees sue in US, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical and parental leave
Pilots at Flair Airlines ratify three-year contract
Most workers have encountered co-workers who misrepresented skills or identity: Survewy
More than a third of skilled workers now freelance: Upwork research
What injured athletes can teach us about recovery and resilience

Talogy partners with Symulate to build AI-powered talent simulations

The Agreement | Labour Law

PREMIUM Purolator loses fight over secondary picketing injunction involving Canada Post workers

PREMIUM Air Canada cargo worker’s discharge upheld over last-chance breach
PREMIUM Arbitrator orders Air Canada to pay $125,000 in back pay to reinstated mechanic
PREMIUM Arbitrator resolves four implementation disputes in CPKC-Teamsters pension deal
PREMIUM Newmarket, Ont., long-term care workers awarded 3.5 per cent wage increases in two-year deal

Collective Agreements

PREMIUM Local 258 (IBEW) and Universal Traffic reach four-year collective agreement covering B.C. traffic control workers

B.C. Mountie loses court appeal after coercive sexual relationship with jail guard
P.E.I. law restricts non-disclosure agreements in workplace harassment cases
Prince Edward Island expands leave rules for domestic, sexual violence victims
New manager wobble: How to lead the friends you used to sit...
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
Relationship-driven recruitment strategy lands Abbotsford, B.C., 26 new family doctors
Afni improves retention using UKG workforce platform globally
Dayforce adds WorkWhile to contingent staffing network
In Partnership with Queen's University IRC

Labour Relations

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
Talks with Ford enter ‘critical’ week ahead of Friday deadline: automakers’ union
Union to stage Ottawa street action over crowded federal office spaces
CBTU-Canada demands federal apology after UN abstention on slavery vote

Opinion

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

Tracking your employees doesn’t make them more productive
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
Workplace depression is common. Managers can make it worse, or better

Global HR News

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, including 754 deaths

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

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

What injured athletes can teach us about recovery and...

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 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
FIFA’s World Cup puts a spotlight on tipping practices in Canada
ADP to launch Canadian pay report tracking workers year over year
N.L. raises self-managed care worker wages to $19.05 an hour

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: Survewy

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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