Video game maker Ubisoft Entertainment has closed its production studio in Halifax, eliminating 71 jobs three weeks after most staff members voted …
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Labour Relations
Nova Scotia labour board dismisses union objection over incomplete decertification form
Nova Scotia’s labour board has ruled that a worker’s failure to complete certain sections of a decertification application form does not prevent …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Nova Scotia expands workers’ compensation coverage, speeds up claims process
Nova Scotia’s Workers’ Compensation Board will implement sweeping changes to the Workers’ Compensation Act on Jan. 1, 2026, extending cancer coverage to …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Nova Scotia’s WCB introduces provider network to cut wait times for injured workers
The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia will launch a new provider network in 2026 designed to reduce assessment and treatment wait …
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Employment LawFeaturedLabour Relations
Nova Scotia care home ordered to exhaust casual staff before requiring union workers during strikes
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA Nova Scotia continuing care centre must make “all reasonable efforts” to use casual and agency workers before requiring union members to …
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Employment LawFeaturedLabour Relations
Video game workers at Ubisoft in Halifax vote to unionize
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Nova Scotia Labour Board has certified the Game & Media Workers Guild of Canada as the bargaining agent for employees at …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsPensions
Northern Pulp pensioners to receive full benefits after woodlands sale: Unifor
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberPensioners at Northern Pulp in Pictou, N.S., will receive their full pension benefits after the company’s woodland assets sold at auction for …
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By Emily Baron Cadloff Nova Scotia Labour Minister Nolan Young is rejecting a recommendation to grant immediate access to public health care for …
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Corporate CultureFeaturedLeadership
Accused of bullying staff, CEO of Canadian Museum of Immigration steps down
By Michael MacDonald The CEO of the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax has stepped down after a federal investigation led to allegations …
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Corporate CultureFeaturedLeadership
Pier 21 museum CEO retires after damning workplace misconduct report
The CEO of Canada’s national immigration museum retired Thursday, one day after a federal report accused her of more than a decade …

