Tag Archives: Labour

OTTAWA - Tens of millions of federal dollars aimed at helping food processors deal with a rash of COVID-19 outbreaks might not move until the end of September, and there are no details ...

OTTAWA - The country's largest employers will soon be able to land federal financing to help weather the COVID-19 economic crisis, but are being warned they'll need to open themselves to financia...

TORONTO - As provinces begin the slow process of reopening their economies and people start returning to the workplace, questions abound about the rights and responsibilities of employe...

OTTAWA - The federal government will extend its emergency wage-subsidy program beyond its early-June endpoint as new job figures showed historic losses since COVID-19 forced an economic...

TORONTO - The economic brutality of Canada's anti-pandemic measures was highlighted on Friday with the latest figures showing almost two million people lost their jobs in April on top of the one milli...

VICTORIA - British Columbia has reached the point in the COVID-19 pandemic where it will start a gradual reopening of the economy while also allowing social interactions between familie...

OTTAWA - Adam Brown lined up a job in March with a consulting firm in Edmonton. He just started there this week. Brown counts himself among the lucky ones - luckier than many of his fri...

VICTORIA - In the worst employment market in decades, job hunters need to prepare for what will inevitably be a video interview, say employers and job market experts who suggest there a...

OTTAWA - Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will become eligible Friday for a key benefit - without jeopar...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced more than $77 million to help keep workers in the food-processing industry safe, but at least one union says the cash doesn't address the real problem....