Most small businesses across Canada report no improvement in cross-provincial trade despite higher government grades on interprovincial trade reform, according to a …
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Training & DevelopmentFeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
New Brunswick institute gets nearly $485K to train tariff-hit forestry workers
The Northern Hardwood Research Institute is receiving $483,791 in federal funding to develop training for workers and employers affected by tariffs, the …
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Legislation & ComplianceFeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
New Brunswick adds long-term illness leave, bringing workers up to 27 weeks off
New Brunswick employees dealing with serious illness or injury will be entitled to up to 27 weeks of unpaid leave under an …
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Labour RelationsFeatured
Carpenters Local 1386 to strike Springhill Construction over wages in New Brunswick
Members of Local 1386 of the Atlantic Canada Regional Council of Carpenters, Millwrights and Allied Workers will begin strike action against Springhill …
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Government Policy & BudgetsFeatured
New Brunswick launches $12 million aid package for oyster industry hit by disease
The New Brunswick government has introduced a package of financial, workforce and research programs worth more than $12 million to help oyster …
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Government Policy & BudgetsFeaturedPayroll
Pay transparency, job-protected leave among major changes in N.B. as legislature wraps up spring session
New Brunswick’s legislature ended its spring session with 27 bills receiving royal assent, including measures on pay transparency, job-protected leave and worker …
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The New Brunswick government and the New Brunswick Teachers’ Federation (NBTF) have signed a new five-year collective agreement covering more than 7,800 …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
New Brunswick reminds employers of child labour rules ahead of summer
New Brunswick’s Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour is reminding employers of the rules for hiring workers under 16 as students …
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Training & DevelopmentFeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Ottawa, New Brunswick commit $13.8 million to retrain tariff-hit workers
Workers in New Brunswick’s softwood lumber, mining, construction and transportation sectors will gain access to retraining and employment supports under a new …
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Training & DevelopmentFeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
New Brunswick funds program to move veterans into skilled trades
The New Brunswick government will provide $275,000 to Helmets to Hardhats Canada to train veterans, military members and their families for jobs …

