Employees at a Guelph-area long-term care and retirement home have secured enhanced vacation entitlements and wage increases totaling up to 8 percent …
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Employment LawFeaturedLabour RelationsStaffing
Arbitrator orders Ontario long-term care homes to adopt SEIU staffing platform
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberAn arbitrator has ruled that long-term care operators in Ontario must sign service agreements with SEIU Healthcare’s digital staffing platform, WorkersFirst — …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsLabour Relations
Budget 2025 to deliver $1,100 tax credit for personal support workers
The federal government will introduce a $1,100 refundable tax credit for personal support workers in Budget 2025, affecting more than 200,000 care …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsLabour Shortages
Nursing vacancies in Ontario triple as union bargains for safe staffing
Nursing job vacancies across Canada have tripled in five years, rising from approximately 13,178 in 2018 to 41,716 in 2023, according to …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
SEIU Healthcare launches documentary series on veteran healthcare workers in Ontario
SEIU Healthcare is launching a 12-part documentary series featuring Ontario healthcare workers with more than 40 years of service. The series, titled …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Arbitrator awards 4% wage increases for retirement home workers in Pickering, Ont.
An arbitrator has awarded wage increases totaling 14 per cent over four years to workers at a Pickering retirement home, resolving a …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsWorkplace Safety & OHS
‘If you kill a worker, you should go to jail’: Union blasts lack of jail time in workplace death of PSW
An Ontario organization that provides care for adults with developmental disabilities has been found guilty of multiple workplace safety violations in connection …
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FeaturedImmigrationLabour RelationsTraining & Development
Federal government kicks in $500,000 to SEIU to help train internationally educated nurses
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe SEIU Healthcare Training Centre has received more than $500,000 in federal funding to expand a program that helps internationally educated nurses …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsTraining & Development
Ontario awards $2 million to healthcare union’s staffing platform
The Province of Ontario has awarded $2 million to SEIU Healthcare’s WorkersFirst platform to enhance healthcare worker training and provide an alternative …
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Three hundred janitors employed by GDI Integrated Facility Services in the Halifax area could walk off the job next Monday if ongoing …
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