Businesses and governments face growing challenges in 2025, from supply chain disruptions to cybersecurity threats, according to the 2025 Global Risk Report …
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FeaturedGlobal HR PracticesRecruitment
Trump signs order revising federal hiring, puts focus on merit and not ‘impermissible factors’
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order yesterday aiming to overhaul federal hiring, with measures that stress practical skill, constitutional dedication …
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FeaturedRemote Working
Trump orders hiring freeze, mandates return to in-person work for federal employees
President Donald Trump issued two directives yesterday aimed at reshaping the federal workforce by freezing civilian hiring across executive branch agencies and …
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Diversity, Equity & InclusionFeatured
Trump ends federal diversity programs, calls them ‘forced illegal and immoral discrimination’
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday to terminate federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, labelling them as discriminatory …
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FeaturedWorkforce Statistics
CPI growth slows to 1.8% as GST/HST break eases some costs: Statistics Canada
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.8 per cent in December 2024 compared with a year earlier, a slight drop from November’s …
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Canada’s unions are urging the federal government to take decisive action in response to a proposed 25 per cent tariff on Canadian …
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Labour Relations
Cowichan Valley transit workers in B.C. file strike notice over wages and working conditions
Transit workers in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island have issued a strike notice after negotiations with their employer, Transdev, failed to …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Four Winds Construction fined $130,000 after workplace fatality on road widening project
A Concord-based construction company has been fined $130,000 after a worker was fatally injured at a road widening project in Vaughan, Ontario. …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Manitoba employer fined $20,000 after worker injured in table saw incident
Manitoba Labour and Immigration is urging employers to ensure workplace machinery is equipped with proper safeguards after Aikens Lake Lodge Limited was …
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Ontario’s 60,000-plus hospital nurses and health-care professionals are facing an uncertain future after five days of contract talks between the Ontario Nurses’ …


