Support for workplace diversity? Not always

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News

Most support workplace diversity, but not if it’s a job qualification: national survey

Most people in a new Canada-wide survey say equal representation in government is important, but they don’t support employers taking demographic characteristics into account in hiring and promotion decisions. » Read More

Staffing challenges from surging COVID-19 cases affecting public services

Public sectors across the country are facing staff shortages as Canada continues to face record-breaking COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations related to the highly transmissible Omicron variant. » Read More

Nearly 5,000 layoffs at Cineplex after Ontario closes movie theatres

Ontario policies meant to curtail the province’s soaring COVID-19 cases are expected to remain in place until at least Jan. 26. » Read More

Despite pandemic, top Canadian CEOs profited through 2020

Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs had their second-best year ever in 2020, even as the COVID-19 pandemic left this country in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. » Read More

TELUS Health launches Virtual Pharmacy service in Canada

Patient-focused service designed to improve medication management by ensuring timely delivery of prescriptions direct to a patient's home, providing unlimited access to virtual pharmacist consults, and providing tools to help manage dosing compliance. » Read More

FEATURED

B.C. permanent sick leave program is a broad stroke – which province is next?

Adding the cost of an employer-paid sick leave program onto the shoulders of small businesses will lead to a setback on their path to economic recovery, writes Jeff Harris. » Read More

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Reckoning: The epic battle against sexual abuse and harassment

The first history of the fight against sexual harassment, from New York Times bestseller author Linda Hirshman, acclaimed historian of social movements.

Reckoning delivers the sweeping story of the struggle leading up to #MeToo and beyond: from the first tales of workplace harassment percolating to the surface in the 1970s, to the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal—when liberal women largely forgave Clinton, giving men a free pass for two decades. And yet, legal, political, and cultural efforts, often spearheaded by women of color, were quietly paving the way for the takedown of abusers and harassers. Reckoning delivers the stirring tale of a movement catching fire - revelatory, essential social history. » Order your copy

Ontario businesses, workers ‘disappointed’ in new round of closures, capacity limits

The government tried to ease some of those financial tensions with an expanded rebate program for businesses affected by the new slate of closures. » Read More

No ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution when it comes to vaccine mandates at work: experts

Employers and workers are getting a clearer picture of when and what kind of immunization mandates can be enforced in the workplace. » Read More

Opinion

7 ways to boost employees’ health in 2022

After two tough years of uncertainty, forced isolation and a constant fear of getting sick with COVID-19, many of your employees are likely feeling the impact of the pandemic on their health. » Read More

‘Do what you love’ could be contributing to Great Resignation

In Canada it’s not clear whether the Great Resignation is taking place with as equal intensity as the United States, but some studies show that Canadian workers are increasingly considering leaving or switching their jobs. » Read More