Category Archives: Labour
As N.L.’s oil industry sputters, the emotional toll of the cod moratorium looms large
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Dave Mercer spent the early 1990s roaming around Newfoundland and Labrador, trying to get enough hours to qualify for unemployment insurance in an economy levelled by the collapse of the cod fishery. Like many other workers in
Federal study details workers hit hardest by tax, benefit system for extra earnings
OTTAWA — Newly released documents show Finance Department officials calculated that workers near the bottom of the income ladder are dinged hardest for extra earnings than anybody else, including those at the top. Besides paying more tax, making more m...
Alberta to cut 930 public service jobs in agriculture, forestry, community service
EDMONTON — The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says the government is cutting 930 public service jobs. Union president Guy Smith says in a news release that he has been told the cuts will begin immediately. Details were revealed in a letter...
Companies have modest hiring plans, low wage growth expectations, Bank of Canada says
OTTAWA — Canadian workers and companies expect wage growth to stay low over the coming year over heightened uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bank of Canada says in two new reports. The central bank's business outlook survey finds that wage
UCP members pass resolution at AGM calling for privately funded health care option
EDMONTON — Members of Alberta's governing United Conservative Party have narrowly endorsed a resolution at their party's annual general meeting that supports the option of a privately funded and privately managed health-care system that would operate p...
Early figures for new aid and EI provide glimpse of how post-CERB supports to be used
OTTAWA — The employment insurance system absorbed almost 1.3 million people in the last three weeks, new figures show, as a key COVID-19 benefit wound down.A breakdown of applications for the simplified EI program shows that overall there had been
Supreme Court of Canada sides with women in RCMP pension dispute over job-sharing
OTTAWA — Women who enrolled in the RCMP's job-sharing program while raising young children were unfairly denied the chance to bolster their pensions, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In a 6-3 decision Friday, the high court ruled in favour
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says political staff have taken 7 per cent pay cut
AIRDRIE, Alta. — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government's political staffers have taken a seven per cent pay cut and he's using that as a warning to the province's public-sector unions. A number of collective agreements were to be negotiated
Manitoba bill would make it easier to fire striking workers, decertify a union
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government is planning substantive labour law changes that would make it easier for employers to fire striking workers as well as end a long-standing requirement that strikes or lockouts go to binding arbi...
Alberta finance minister expects cuts in all departments, asks for budget input
EDMONTON — Alberta's finance minister says he expects all provincial departments to make recommendations similar to cuts recently announced by the health ministry for next year's budget. Health Minister Tyler Shandro has said he will cut up to 11,000 j...