She asked for a hearing where she could speak, because writing was the problem. The worker in this British Columbia case lived with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), autism and …
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FeaturedOccupational Health & SafetyOpinion/Commentary
Hiring your teen this summer? A family job doesn’t automatically keep them safe at work
By Nick Turner and Steve Granger As the school year winds down, many teenagers are starting summer jobs to earn money and gain experience. Businesses benefit from the seasonal influx …
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FeaturedOpinion/Commentary
Why don’t FIFA and the Premier League treat racist abuse as a workplace hazard?
By Maame De-Heer and Taylor McKee When a Tottenham Hotspur Football Club fan hurled a banana peel that landed near Arsenal Football Club striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang during a 2018 … Free Membership Required …
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That smartphone in your employee’s pocket? Well, it’s also a witness
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Alberta Husky gas station case will not make headlines outside the niche world of employment law. It involves a retail sales supervisor, a small chain of stations around Edmonton, and a …
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Mental HealthOpinion/Commentary
When your workplace doesn’t match your ethical outlook – the problem of ‘moral injury’
By Ebru Işıklı When earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria in February 2023, more than 50,000 people were killed and thousands more were injured. One month after the disaster, a bank employee …
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FeaturedMental HealthOpinion/Commentary
He wasn’t working out. Then he disclosed an anxiety diagnosis. Then it got complicated
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberSeven weeks. That’s how long an assistant project manager worked at Colliers Project Leaders before someone in a corner office decided he wasn’t going to make it. The complaints had …
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By Christina Clark-Kazak Canada’s immigration point system was established in 1967 to respond to historic racism and nationality bias. Granting points for age, education, official language skills, Canadian work experience …
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Opinion/CommentarySexual Harassment
Why workplace harassment persists despite policies — and what leaders can do
By Sandy Hershcovis, Ivana Vranjes, Lilia M. Cortina, and Zhanna Lyubykh Most organizations have formal systems in place to stop sexual harassment, including policies, reporting procedures and codes of conduct. …
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Opinion/Commentary
More evidence doesn’t mean more justice: The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases
By Kamari Maxine Clarke, Jennifer Burrell, and Sara Kendall Editor’s note: This story is part of a series of articles from Canada’s top social sciences and humanities academics in a …
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The war on DEI reflects the quiet normalization of white nationalism — in the U.S. and beyond
By Henry Giroux Political theorist Hannah Arendt warned that authoritarian politics rarely begin with spectacles of repression. More often, authoritarianism advances through routine administrative decisions that appear technical or neutral …