Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Immigration and Career Training will spend nearly $125 million in 2026-27 on workforce development programs, including a targeted $9.2-million …
Health Care Workers
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FeaturedLabour RelationsLayoffs
Ontario employers have cut more than 700 nurse positions since January 2025, union says
Hospitals, long-term care homes and other health-care workplaces across Ontario have eliminated more than 700 front-line nurse and health-care worker positions since …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsImmigration
More than 400 U.S. health-care professionals now working in B.C.
The British Columbia government says more than 400 American-trained health-care professionals have accepted job offers across the province since it launched a …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Arbitrator finds Hospital Employees Union grievance application timely despite employer’s jurisdictional challenge
A B.C. arbitrator has ruled that a job selection grievance filed by the Professional Employees’ Association was referred to expedited arbitration within …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Osgoode Care Centre workers to receive wage increases under interest arbitration award
A long-term care centre in Metcalfe, Ont., will provide its unionized workers with general wage increases totalling more than seven per cent …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Nurse’s termination upheld after arbitrator finds pattern of dishonesty across multiple incidents
A licensed practical nurse at an Alberta continuing care facility was justifiably terminated after an arbitrator found she repeatedly lied to her …
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More than 200 nurses and health-care workers picketed outside a corporate long-term care headquarters Wednesday, launching a provincial bargaining campaign centred on …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM North York General Hospital wins dismissal of union bid to represent staffing assistants
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed a union’s application to certify a bargaining unit of staffing assistants at North York General …
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Global HR PracticesOpinion
Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios – and the research backs them up
By Anna Mayo Since nursing contract negotiations heated up in January 2026 at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh and at UPMC Altoona, …
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CompensationFeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsRecruitment
Alberta pledges record $7.7 billion for physician recruitment, compensation in 2026 budget
Alberta’s provincial government has proposed a record $7.7-billion investment in physician funding for 2026-27, a $1.4-billion or 22 per cent increase over …

