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2023 Year in Review – Young Workers
ALBERTA Jun 16: According to the Alberta WCB, there were 23 potentially serious incidents involving workers ages 14 to 19 between 2019 and 2022. Material handling accounted for 21% of these […]
Favorite2023 Year in Review – Workplace Violence
FEDERAL Jan 31: Newly tabled Bill C-311 would amend the Criminal Code to make assaulting or causing physical or emotional harm to a woman knowing that she’s pregnant aggravated circumstances that […]
Favorite2023 Year in Review – Workplace Harassment
FEDERAL Jan 30: Canada officially ratified International Labour Organization Convention 190, the first-ever global treaty pledging to end violence and harassment in the workplace. The treaty includes recommended practices for both […]
Favorite2023 Year in Review – Work Hours
ONTARIO Dec 7: Newly tabled Bill 55 would create a commission to make recommendations on developing a pilot project to determine the effectiveness of a four-day work week and whether Ontario […]
Favorite2023 Year in Review – Training
BRITISH COLUMBIA Jul 25: The British Columbia Institute of Technology received a $3.3 million government grant to create a new hub offering mass-timber skills training. NEW BRUNSWICK Jun 7: With financial assistance from […]
Favorite2023 Year in Review – Termination
ONTARIO May 8: Under current ESA rules, terminations of 50 or more workers over a 4-week period require “enhanced” notice of up to 8, 12 or 16 weeks. To qualify for […]
Favorite2023 Year in Review – Telecommuting
ALBERTA Mar 6: That’s the deadline to comment on proposed revisions to WCB Policy 02-01, Working Remotely to clarify an issue of growing importance, namely, an employer’s OHS obligations to protect workers […]
Favorite2023 Year in Review – Statutory Holidays
FEDERAL Feb 24: Federally regulated employees with at least 30 days of service can now take up to 4 days’ paid sick leave for illness or injury, organ donation, medical appointments […]
Favorite2023 Year in Review – Salary & Wages
YUKON TERRITORY Feb 26: Yukon physicians, unions and opposition parties ripped the government for prolonged delays in payments to physicians and nurses in the territory. According to the Yukon Party, Yukon […]
Favorite2023 Year in Review – Retaliation
BRITISH COLUMBIA Jun 1: As of today, the healthcare worker whistleblower protections contained in the Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA) apply to those working at health authorities, Providence Health and BC […]
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