By Larissa Costa Duarte, Western University Elite gymnast Simone Biles made headlines in 2021 when she withdrew from the team finals and …
The Conversation
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Global HR PracticesWorkplace Safety & OHS
The UK’s Health and Safety at Work Act is 50. Here’s how it’s changed our lives
By Mike Esbester, University of Portsmouth On 1 June 1974, a fireball rose over the village of Flixborough, Lincolnshire. A chemical plant …
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Global HR Practices
More secure jobs and higher unemployment benefits would help lift Australia’s birth rate
By Irma Mooi-Reci, The University of Melbourne and Trong-Anh Trinh, Monash University Across developed countries, including Australia, fewer babies are being born. …
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Global HR Practices
UK minimum wage to rise – here’s how it could really tackle the cost of living and inequality
By Mathew Johnson, University of Manchester and Damian Grimshaw, King’s College London After more than a decade of stop-start minimum wage policy …
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By Sajia Ferdous, Queen’s University Belfast When do you think you’ll retire? Aged 65? Younger, if you’re lucky? Maybe older if you’re …
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LeadershipOpinion
Paris Olympics: Canada’s soccer drone scandal highlights the need for ethics education
By Lianne Foti, University of Guelph and Kathleen Rodenburg, University of Guelph The Canadian women’s soccer team has become the centre of …
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Global HR Practices
South Africa is changing its retirement rules to help boost country savings: how it will work
By Adrian Saville, University of Pretoria A study of 160 countries, spanning 60 years of economic history, establishes that there is no …
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Diversity, Equity & InclusionOpinion
Hidden gatekeepers: How hiring bias affects workers in the food service industry
By Andrew Stevens, University of Regina and Catherine E. Connelly, McMaster University Businesses across Canada have been bemoaning the lack of qualified …
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By Jean-Nicolas Reyt, McGill University Nine out of 10 Canadians are interested in a four-day work week, according to a recent survey, …
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By W. Dominika Wranik, Dalhousie University and Nachum Gabler, Dalhousie University The dispute last year between the federal Treasury Board and the …