HR News Canada

by Todd Humber

Top Stories

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

Employers are losing their strongest hires to a process that moves far too slowly, and most of them haven’t fixed it, a Toronto-based recruiter says. Julie Labrie, president of BlueSky Personnel Solutions, said the average …

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
AI can help expose pay gaps but humans must decide compensation

Ontario, Quebec and B.C. can lose jobs without raising unemployment: TD report

Latest News

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 beside
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
Experiential and ‘work‑integrated’ learning aren’t the same — and it matters for higher education
Venture for Canada pitches students as AI guides for small businesses

CAE named to TIME’s Canada’s Best Companies 2026 list

The Agreement | Law & Collective Bargaining

PREMIUM Federal arbitrator rules St. Lawrence Seaway double-time clause requires three calendar days off

PREMIUM Ontario ordered to pay three guards on PTSD leave $12.5K each for posting their photos at jail entrances
PREMIUM Grievance board allows correctional records clerk’s harassment claim to proceed in Ontario
PREMIUM Surrey, B.C., teachers’ Pro-D directives found partly in breach of settlement
PREMIUM Ontario government ordered to fix service dates for Vanier Centre nurses
PREMIUM Arbitrator rejects student lifeguard’s bumping grievance against Squamish
PREMIUM Arbitrator dismisses CUPE grievances over hospital position eliminations
PREMIUM Arbitrator denies benefits to six retired Cambridge, Ont., firefighters
Staffing industry pioneer Bill Pollock dies at 97
‘Not a fun time’: Quebec video game industry in limbo as studios...
Ford and Unifor strike tentative deal for three-year labour contract
FIFA World Cup, youth job gains gave the labour market a lift...
Applications for federal public service jobs drop by almost 30 per cent
BC nurses escalate strike by picketing major hospitals
National unemployment rate fell to 6.5% in June: Statistics Canada
Quebec introducing new rules targeting inadequately trained Ontario truck drivers
Foreign worker program penalties top $10.2 million, doubling last year’s total
AI notetakers promise easy meeting recaps, but some professionals question their use
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Labour Relations

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
Ottawa to weigh guardrails, alternatives to ‘contentious’ Labour Code tool: Hajdu
CLC president urges Ottawa to hold firm in CUSMA talks

Opinion

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

The joy of pests: Study reveals why rat catchers are so happy in their work
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
The right to strike is constitutionally protected — a new Senate report is looking for a workaround

Global HR News

A shoe factory fire that killed 28 highlights China’s persisting worker safety risks
Fire at a shoe factory kills 28 in one of China’s deadliest blazes in recent years
U.K.’s overworked staff eye the exit, HiBob survey finds
US jobless claims dip modestly to 215,000 last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels
Ebola deaths in Congo top 500 as health workers threaten to strike

Puppy love as dog walker turns his pack of...

SHRM warns of regulatory uncertainty in the US after...

Rio bus drivers and workers throughout Brazil demand shorter work week...

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

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
Metro blames understaffed HR during COVID-19 for missing human rights tribunal deadlines
Ontario court orders HR manager onto sex offender registry after he assaulted two workers
Ontario’s WSIB must restore flex work before office return, arbitrator rules

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

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
Stress management tops list of what Canadian workers want from employers
PREMIUM PUC Services loses bid to dismiss pay equity grievance

Artificial Intelligence

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
Nearly half of Canadian workers feel guilty using AI on the job: Research
LinkedIn is rife with AI but career coaches say it’s still useful for job hunters

Recruitment

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
BC College eases licensing path for international doctors
Most Canadian employers plan to hire in second half, survey finds

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

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
Aegon names Jennifer Palmieri chief human resources officer
SHRM Foundation names Gen Z leader Alex Edgar as first Losey fellow

Industry News

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
The hidden cost of using U.S.-only HR software in Canada

Top Employers

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
Blazesoft earns Great Place To Work recognition for third straight year

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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