By Shelagh K. Mooney, Auckland University of Technology; Matthew Brenner, Southern Cross University, and Richard Robinson, Northumbria University, Newcastle Chefs are in hot demand. “Chefs, chefs, chefs! Virtually impossible to …
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Opinion/Commentary
UAW’s Southern strategy: Union revs up drive to get workers employed by foreign automakers to join its ranks
By Bob Bussel, University of Oregon Persuading Southern autoworkers to join a union remains one of the U.S. labor movement’s most enduring challenges, despite persistent efforts by the United Auto …
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Opinion/CommentaryThe Conversation
Sitting is bad for your health and exercise doesn’t seem to offset the harmful effects
By Daniel Bailey, Brunel University London Advances in technology in recent decades have obviated the need and desire for humans to move. Many of the world’s population sit for long …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal restores arbitrator’s ruling in contentious fight between UFCW, Sproule Lumber
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has reinstated an arbitrator’s original ruling involving Sproule Lumber and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) after it was overturned by a …
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Featured
Federal Court rejects appeal for EI benefits by worker dismissed for vaccine refusal, rejects comparison to harassment cases
A woman who lost her job over a refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and was denied Employment Insurance (EI) benefits as a result, has lost her appeal of the …
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Workplace Legislation/Press Releases
Call for nominations for the 2024 New Brunswick Human Rights Awards
The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission is accepting nominations for the 2024 New Brunswick Human Rights Awards until May 31. Since 1988, the commission has presented the Human Rights Award …
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By Hugh Kruzel | The Sudbury Star Known as RNIP, the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot has, over the five years of its activity, demonstrated value and success, supporters say, connecting …
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By Brishti Basu | The Tyee Access to child care remains one of the biggest barriers to closing the wage gap between men and women in B.C., says Véronique Sioufi, a …
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FeaturedSmall Claims Court
B.C. trucking company that alleged time theft by driver who quit loses bid to recoup money
A British Columbia-based trucking company that alleged a former worker was guilty of time theft — amounting to an overpayment of more than $4,200 — has lost its bid to …
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Featured
Tribunal reverses course: Woman who felt forced to retire for financial reasons over vaccine refusal loses EI benefits
A woman who felt she had no choice but to retire from her job, citing financial pressure after being suspended for failing to comply with her employer’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination …