Category Archives: Labour
B.C. pledges to introduce permanent paid sick leave program in January
VICTORIA — Workers affected by COVID-19 in British Columbia will qualify for up to three days of paid sick leave under proposed legislation that Premier John Horgan says will plug holes in a federal plan and lay the groundwork for
‘Massive and potentially permanent disruption’: Canada’s bleak view of Line 5 closure
WASHINGTON — Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline in Michigan would deal a "massive and potentially permanent" blow to Canada's economy and energy security and risk lasting damage to relations with the United States, the federal government argues in court...
Wall Street opens lower led by more drops in Big Tech stocks
BANGKOK — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street again as Apple and other Big Tech companies give up more ground. The S&P 500 index fell 1.2% in the early going Tuesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, which is coming off its
Spain adopts landmark law to protect ‘gig’ delivery workers
MADRID (AP) — Spain approved a pioneering law Tuesday that gives delivery platforms a mid-August deadline to hire workers currently freelancing for them and that requires transparency of artificial intelligence used to manage workforces.
British PM seeks to bolster economy, union in new parliament
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government sought to capitalize on its electoral strength Tuesday, outlining a sweeping legislative agenda to bolster the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic, defuse tensions that threaten the country’s unity and combat social is...
States push jobless from virus recession to return to work
STOWE, Vt. (AP) — Eduardo Rovetto is hoping the state of Vermont's reinstated requirement that people who are collecting unemployment benefits must seek work to qualify will help him hire enough staff for his restaurant in the resort town of
Boost in near-term funds, risk should lure more social-finance investors, Hussen says
OTTAWA — Changes to the federal plan to finance experimental ways to deliver social services should more easily and quickly bring in needed private-sector backers for the strategy to work, says the minister on the file. Social Development Minister Ahme...
Two-year EI review needed to buy time for needed tech upgrades, Qualtrough says
OTTAWA — Canada's employment minister says a budgetary pledge for funding to study changes to the employment insurance system reflects realities that improvements to the safety net can't happen overnight. The federal budget proposed $648 million over s...
A year after jobs data leak, StatCan resumes sharing advance numbers with officials
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada has resumed its practice of giving key federal officials an advance look at its jobs report ahead of its official release. The agency says two people each in the Finance Department and Privy Council Office, which aids
CRA watchdog finds agency taking weeks to process some claims for recovery benefits
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency is being taken to task by a federal watchdog for not being as up front as it should be over how long it might take to process applications for pandemic aid. The $500-a-week Canada Recovery