The deal runs from Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2029 and includes wage increases of four per cent in each of …
Todd Humber
Todd Humber
Todd Humber is an award-winning workplace journalist who has been covering the HR, employment law, and workplace safety beats for 25 years. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief at HR News Canada, published by North Wall Media.
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Collective Agreements
PREMIUM Guild of Marine Commerce and Service aux pilotes Océan Québec finalize four-year collective agreement covering pilot boat captains
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe deal runs from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2028, and includes wage increases rising from $32.28 to $36.14 per hour, …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsPayroll
Federal government’s Phoenix payroll backlog falls below 100,000 cases for first time
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe federal government’s troubled Phoenix pay system has cleared a milestone, with outstanding pay cases dropping below 100,000 for the first time …
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FeaturedHR News
NextStar Energy opens Windsor, Ont., battery plant, creating up to 2,500 jobs
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberCanada’s first commercial-scale battery manufacturing facility is now open in Windsor, Ont., with the potential to employ 2,500 workers and reshape the …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Grief, identity, and $200 for working Christmas: Highlights from this week’s collective agreements
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThere’s a line buried in the Queer Yukon Society’s new collective agreement that caught my eye. Employees who experience a work-related traumatic …
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LeadershipMental HealthOur Favourites
Accountability and difficult conversations: When behaviour crosses the line, here’s how to act
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberWhen harmful behaviour appears in a workplace — whether bullying, disrespect or emerging patterns that create risk — managers need to intervene …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsOpinion
When an arbitrator can order a company to rebuild what it tore down
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThere is a moment in many labour disputes when management exhales. The facility is closed. The workers are gone. The equipment is …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsOur Favourites
Arbitrator orders CN to reopen Manitoba wheel shop, compensate laid-off workers
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberCanadian National Railway must reopen its Transcona Wheel Shop, hire at least 20 new employees, and pay compensation to dozens of workers …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Ontario expands critical minerals list, launches strategy overhaul targeting 74,000 jobs
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberOntario is overhauling its five-year-old Critical Minerals Strategy and adding high-purity iron and aluminum to its protected minerals list, moves the province …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsLabour Shortages
Federal plan targets mining workforce shortages as sector faces skills gap
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberCanada’s mining industry is facing a growing shortage of skilled workers, and a new national alliance aims to fix that by bringing …

