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by Todd Humber
New hires in AI-driven roles out-earn tenured workers, Payscale report finds
Most Canadians expect to fund their own retirement – retirees, though, say otherwise
Bell cuts about 180 jobs across Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario: Unifor
Adecco records 1.2 million AI candidate interactions across 10 countries

Top Stories

Cybersecurity failure: N.L. Health Services phished exhausted workers with a fake thank you

by Todd Humber

It is hard to imagine a warmer and genuine “thank you” than the one Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services sent its employees this month. It is also hard to imagine a colder one. They were, …

Detroit Three, union set to open bargaining against backdrop of tariffs, CUSMA review

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One in five reporting employers owe women wage increases: Canada’s Pay Equity Commissioner

Flexibility is the new competitive advantage if we use it wisely

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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

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

Newfoundland and Labrador extends job creation funding deadline to July 10

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

Canada and Ireland sign biomanufacturing workforce training agreement

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

Bell cuts about 180 jobs across Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario: Unifor

by HR News Canada Staff

Unifor says Bell has notified the union of approximately 180 job cuts across bargaining units in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario, with at least 120 workers facing layoffs …

Detroit Three, union set to open bargaining against backdrop of tariffs, CUSMA review
Brinks armoured car workers win federal ruling on crew safety after work refusal, says union

CLC backs tougher forced labour rules, rejects tariff link

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

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Collective Agreements

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Climate-driven heat in India’s textile factories stifles workers but coolers and ventilation help

by The Associated Press

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

by The Associated Press

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

by HR News Canada Staff

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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ETFO worker must repay settlement after confidentiality breach: Arbitrator
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Opinion

Cybersecurity failure: N.L. Health Services phished exhausted workers with a fake thank you

by Todd Humber

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

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

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

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

PREMIUM Waterloo school board in Ontario can bar sick leave for workplace injuries: Arbitrator

by Safety News Canada

WCB Nova Scotia cuts employer rates for first time in a generation, improves worker benefits

by Todd Humber

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by HR Law Canada

Recruitment & Retention

Adecco records 1.2 million AI candidate interactions across 10 countries

by HR News Canada Staff

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

Nova Scotia opens applications for healthcare worker recruitment grants

GlassRatner opens Montreal office with Quebec executive search firm

Artificial Intelligence

Adecco records 1.2 million AI candidate interactions across 10 countries

by HR News Canada Staff

V2 Cloud launches AI assistant and performance tools for HR teams

Executives seeing ‘significant’ benefits from AI. Front line workers? Not so much

Where should companies put profits from AI? Workers? R&D? Or shareholder return?

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

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

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

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

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

Industry News

Adecco records 1.2 million AI candidate interactions across 10 countries

by HR News Canada Staff

Dialogue launches medical second opinion program

by HR News Canada Staff

Brandon Hall adds six HR progression models

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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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
Ottawa revamping approach to barring products of forced labour from reaching Canada
Canada’s gender wage gap is even bigger for white-collar freelancers
When HR responses do more harm than good
Okanagan College to add 256 trades training seats as part of B.C.’s Look West strategy
Nova Scotia opens applications for healthcare worker recruitment grants
GlassRatner opens Montreal office with Quebec executive search firm
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
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New Brunswick teachers secure 14.5% raise in five-year deal
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