People facing multiple barriers to employment will get hands-on cook training, work experience and wraparound supports through a new program at Collingwood… …
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ImmigrationEmployment LawFeatured
Moose Jaw restaurant convicted in first Saskatchewan foreign worker case
A Moose Jaw restaurant has become the first employer convicted under Saskatchewan’s former foreign worker protection legislation, after pleading guilty to charging… …
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CompensationEmployment LawFeatured
Ontario employers can exclude trainees from tip pools, board rules
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA small café owner in Ontario lawfully withheld tips from a new employee during training shifts, directing those gratuities instead to the… …
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FeaturedImmigration
Restaurants Canada welcomes federal changes to foreign worker program for rural employers
Restaurants Canada is calling federal changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program a positive first step for restaurants struggling to find… …
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)FeaturedTraining & Development
Burger King to bring AI-based voice coach to Canada later this year
By Tara Deschamps When you stop at a Burger King later this year, staff may have an artificial intelligence-based coach in their ears.… …
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Ontario is observing its first Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day, a provincial recognition established through Bill 67 at Queen’s Park to honour frontline… …
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CompensationEmployment LawFeatured
Mississauga, Ont., restaurant ordered to pay servers $16K for improperly distributed tips
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA Mississauga restaurant has been ordered to pay two former servers more than $16,000 after the Ontario Labour Relations Board found it… …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Restaurant fined $55,000 after worker injured in workplace violence incident in London, Ont.
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA Vancouver-based restaurant company has been fined $55,000 after a worker was assaulted by a patron at its London, Ont. location and… …
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Employment LawFeatured
Ontario diner ordered to pay server with Cerebral Palsy $15K after firing her over medical appointment
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA restaurant owner in Owen Sound, Ont., has been ordered to pay more than $15,000 to a former server after threatening to… …
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FeaturedImmigrationLabour ShortagesWorkforce Statistics
Non-permanent residents fill one in five food service jobs as sector struggles with labour shortages: StatsCan
The food services and drinking places sector increasingly relies on non-permanent residents to fill critical staffing gaps, with this workforce segment growing… …
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