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Hours after the province's highest court ruled an Ontario wage-restraint law unconstitutional, Premier Doug Ford's government announced Monday that it would repeal the controversial bill in its entirety.
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Thirty per cent of Canadians now use artificial intelligence tools, the Leger poll suggested, up from 25 per cent a year ago, though two-thirds of respondents said the prospect of having them in their lives is scary.
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Bell Media said last week it is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced job reductions and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations. Trudeau said the company should know better.
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Half of organizations in British Columbia don't have a formal compensation philosophy, suggesting there's a "significant" opportunity to enhance pay practices across all levels, according to a new survey.
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Allowing international students to work more than 20 hours a week could distract from their studies and undermine the objective of temporary foreign worker programs, public servants warned the federal government in 2022.
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There is no sure-fire way to spot someone who is at risk of an opioid poisoning or substance abuse, but there are some red flags to watch out for, according to Vicky Waldron, Vancouver-based executive director of the Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan. Here's a summary of the panel discussion from our recent virtual event.
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The opioid crisis is taking a devastating toll, with more than 40,000 opioid-related deaths reported by the Public Health Agency of Canada from January 2016 to June 2023. Nancy Carnide of the Institute for Work and Health (IWH) pointed out that sobering statistic during her keynote presentation at the Opioids in the Workplace virtual event.
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Disability claims began climbing at the beginning of the pandemic – and the slowdown is nowhere in sight. The reasons are varied and striking. Mental health issues, one major contributor to long-term disability claims, have reached crisis proportions in Canada.
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Lilian Riad-Allen took an unconventional path into the realm of occupational health and safety. When asked what drew her to the profession, she paused. “Safety found me,” she said. “I didn’t really think of it as a profession I was pursuing.”
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As Georgia shovels out billions in economic incentives to electric vehicle manufacturers and other companies, the state's ruling Republicans are moving to make it harder for workers at those firms to join labour unions, in what could be a violation of current federal law.
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Three people were fatally shot Monday in the offices of a shipping company near Athens and the suspected gunman also took his life as police special forces prepared to confront him, authorities said.
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The Japanese government adopted plans last week to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labour, and replace it with a system it says will actually teach skills and safeguard trainees' rights as Japan desperately seeks more foreign workers to supplement its aging and shrinking workforce.
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When I first saw the issue of workplace violence on the agenda at a major OHS conference, I viewed it as a curiosity more than anything else. It was a U.S.-based event, after all, and my smug Canadian self wandered in, found my seat, and marvelled at the red, white, and blue experiences of mass shooter drills and the installation of metal detectors at entrances.
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The video game industry had a banner year in 2023, with critically acclaimed blockbuster titles selling millions of copies. Yet, it was also a year of layoffs with 10,500 game makers losing their jobs.
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The publication of the latest issue of the Canadian Military Journal (CMJ) has angered some of Canada’s right-wing media commentators. The issue on the topic of diversity in the Canadian Armed Forces was branded as “woke” by the right.
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April 23, 2024 | Virtual Event by Queen's University IRC
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