The Quebec government has recently announced it will be raising the province’s minimum wage to $10.35 an hour. Meanwhile, the debate over increasing minimum wages across Canada to meet today’s living standards continues to heat up.
Canadian companies are facing significant difficulties in recruitment. While they are struggling to find qualified candidates in Canada, they are confronted by the limits imposed by the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program when they want to hire a non-Canadian candidates. Consequently, they are outsourcing more and more of their projects.
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) recently launched a national survey on the repercussions of domestic violence on workers and the workplace. Its objective is to provide research data for developing appropriate public policies.
The Canadian Institute of Actuaries has published the first report of mortality tables and scales of mortality improvement, based on the Canadian experience of mortality of retirees. The figures show a higher life expectancy and a variable increase of declared obligations depending on the pension plan.
An Argentina's province Governor has chosen to announce his decision to decrease the noumber of public officials by 50%... in a youtube message, instead of making the announcement face to face with employees.
Research suggests that anywhere between 2 and 8 per cent of cancers are work-related. The Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST) recently published a quantitative study on the types of cancers that could be attributed to a diversity of chemical compounds found in the workplace.
The Randstad firm surveyed 2,076 Canadian employees and managers to find out their expectations about the job market in 2014. Marked by moderate optimism, the survey reveals that those under 35 years old are the most confident and 46.5% of them predict that they will be wanting to look for a new job during the year.
The tertiary sector continues to grow in importance, especially in the field of information technology, while some media groups have to adjust.
We are not in a Steven Spielberg film but indeed in buildings in downtown Toronto and Montreal. These are “out of the ordinary” scenes of some professional “headhunters” in the executive recruitment firm for which I work. Today, there are thirty young students, in their final year of a Bachelor’s degree in administration, marketing or engineering, who are competing for access to the CEO for a Day program. This is a program to recruit a student to be “matched” with a CEO who will spend a full day with him or her.
The scientific journal Perspectives interdisciplinaires sur le travail et la santé (PISTES - Interdisciplinary perspectives on work and health) has just published a file on the relationship between health and work and the current determinants of life at work. What is health? And how is to be approached so that it’s not just discovering the harm that is likely to be suffered at work?
The global unemployment rate increased further last year. Indeed, there were 202 million unemployed in 2013, 5 million more than in 2012. This is what the 2014 Report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) reveals on global employment trends.
Freezing temperatures have kept many indoors. However, some businesses run into situations where working in extreme weather conditions is unavoidable. With the polar vortex that has descended over much of Canada comes a set of precautionary guidelines that employers may follow to ensure their staff’s safety when working in cold environments.