Budget 2026: Highlights for HR

Includes new immigration targets, skilled labour investments, TFWP reform, productivity deductions, employment law updates, apprenticeship funding and caregiving supports

News

Non-competes: Competition Bureau urges provincial bans

Bureau says several million Canadian workers may be bound by clauses that curb job mobility

Career infrastructure: the antidote to fail-first thinking

CERIC’s Keka DasGupta on why siloed programs no longer hold up and what to do instead

Canada’s unemployment rate climbs to 6.7% as hiring stalls in October

Employment flat after two straight declines, while share of jobseekers stuck in long-term unemployment kept rising

Premium

Benefits got broader. Now they need to connect

Moving coordination of coverage, clinical expertise, and outside support from employees into the plan

Best in HR

The Best Companies to Work for in Canada | Employers of Choice

Celebrating the best companies to work for in Canada that reward, support, and develop their employees

White papers

Your Benefits RFP Didn't Fail. It Did Exactly What It Was Designed to Do.

By the time an RFP is issued, many of the most important decisions have already been made.

How to close the benefits communication gap and boost employee engagement

Your benefits plan is only as powerful as your employees' understanding of it. Here's how to fix that.

Opinion

Why Alberta’s DEI ban gets ‘merit’ backwards

Most people agree the best-qualified person should be hired

Defining cause is still a lost cause

Court of Appeal applies Waksdale federally

How much control is too much?

Common employer risks for franchisors

Using gamification to help leaders and teams gain powerful insights

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for empathy, collaboration and listening is being underscored

The labour market just tilted back toward employers, twice over 

Statistics Canada's latest job data tells two stories that are really one story