Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia’s child protection social workers are struggling under excessive caseloads, low wages, and inadequate support, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The report,…

Nearly 200 employees of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) volunteered 1,474 hours during the second quarter, participating in community projects such as wildfire recovery efforts and supporting the Special…

The Nova Scotia Labour Board has dismissed an application by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 864 (UFCW), to certify a bargaining unit of employees at a Dartmouth…

Jennifer Carras has been hired as the director of people and culture at the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia. “Jennifer’s expertise will be instrumental in helping us achieve our…

By Lyndsay Armstrong A lot has changed in Nova Scotia since the Progressive Conservatives won a dominant electoral majority in the 2021 election with a targeted focus on health care. And…

A COVID-19 screener who claimed that repetitive use of industrial hand sanitizer pumps — as many as 600 times daily — contributed to the onset of a finger injury has…

By Lauren Phillips | The Coast Over 5,000 education workers—including teaching assistants, custodians, bus drivers, early childhood educators, librarians and cafeteria workers—could go on strike as early as mid-January if bargaining…

Nova Scotia’s labour department has lifted a stop-work order at a Halifax Walmart where a young woman was found dead in a walk-in oven. The department on Monday evening lifted…

Nova Scotia’s Accessibility Advisory Board has released recommendations aimed at removing employment barriers faced by people with disabilities in areas such as recruitment, retention, advancement, workplace accommodations and emergency preparedness.…