Site Map for May 2014

Date
Title
May 30, 2014
U.S. lawmakers push for tough labour rules in Pacific trade deal
May 30, 2014
California lawmakers advance bill to mandate paid sick leave
May 30, 2014
Cambodian court frees 25 charged with garment strike offences
May 29, 2014
Alberta increases its minimum wage
May 29, 2014
Workers worldwide not confident they will retire comfortably: Survey
May 29, 2014
U.S. economy contracts in first quarter, but labour market firming
May 29, 2014
'Men's Day' customer appreciation event discriminatory
May 29, 2014
Google releases workforce demographics, vows to increase diversity
May 29, 2014
Average weekly earnings for March 2014
May 28, 2014
Positive urinalysis drug test not grounds for dismissal: Arbitrator
May 28, 2014
Michigan lawmakers approve minimum wage increase
May 28, 2014
Insurers scrutinize drug costs after $84,000 Sovaldi surprise
May 28, 2014
Alberta’s minimum wage increasing to $10.20 Sept. 1
May 28, 2014
B.C. plans closer regulation of private career training sector
May 28, 2014
Fishery officer fired for associating with the enemy
May 28, 2014
Employers are people too
May 28, 2014
Ontario pension plan a costly nightmare: Fraser Institute
May 28, 2014
German jobless rise biggest in 5 years, mild winter blamed
May 28, 2014
Public opposition to union organizing
May 28, 2014
Canadian Media Guild and MBS reach tentative agreement
May 28, 2014
Sensitive employee raises stink over workplace scents
May 28, 2014
Norway's oil rig workers reach wage deal
May 28, 2014
Sick leave and workers' compensation claims
May 28, 2014
Average weekly earnings for February 2014
May 28, 2014
U.K. fraud office probes GSK after claims of foreign bribery
May 28, 2014
Foreign workers denied medical coverage after status expires
May 28, 2014
Insubordination not enough to warrant firing worker with clean record: Adjudicator
May 27, 2014
Is your organization a leader in mental health?
May 27, 2014
Chinese newspaper staff reach new deal
May 27, 2014
New South Africa mines minister pledges strike mediation
May 27, 2014
Nanny 9-1-1: Avoiding the pitfalls of hiring a nanny
May 27, 2014
Protracted platinum strike pushes South Africa towards recession
May 27, 2014
Is your organization a leader in mental health?
May 27, 2014
USW signs 2 new contracts at manufacturing plants in Niagara region
May 26, 2014
South African sugar workers to down tools over wages
May 26, 2014
Helping managers delegate
May 26, 2014
Hawaii to raise minimum hourly wage to $10.10 by 2018
May 26, 2014
Workplace discrimination protections not for everyone
May 26, 2014
Chrysler CEO vows to throw out 2-tier wages
May 26, 2014
AFL audit shows thousands of foreign workers brought in at minimum wage
May 26, 2014
Bus strike paralyzes Brazil's biggest city as World Cup looms
May 26, 2014
TDSB, caretakers square-off over square footage
May 26, 2014
Ontario needs to reform apprenticeships: HRPA
May 26, 2014
Labour Briefs
May 26, 2014
Custodian makes mess of school’s privacy policy
May 23, 2014
Pension lesson for Canada?: Australian retirees struggle as twilight beckons
May 23, 2014
Supreme Court denies lawyer’s challenge of firm’s mandatory retirement for partners
May 23, 2014
U.S. government workers owed US$3.3 billion in delinquent taxes in 2013: IRS
May 23, 2014
German parliament clears way for retirement at 63
May 23, 2014
HP to cut 10,000 to 16,000 more jobs
May 22, 2014
More than 100 demonstrators arrested outside McDonald's HQ
May 22, 2014
Halifax nurses suspended for wildcat strike
May 22, 2014
Aging workers starting to impact Canada's labour market: RBC
May 22, 2014
More workers walk out of Norway's oil wage talks
May 22, 2014
HRPA to leave Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations
May 22, 2014
U.S. middle-skill jobs struggle to come back: NY Federal Reserve
May 22, 2014
EU court says sales workers on holiday must still get commission
May 21, 2014
BHP may seek government help in tugboat dispute
May 21, 2014
B.C. teachers escalate job action
May 21, 2014
N.S. union takes government to court over labour law
May 21, 2014
New Mexico court upholds insurance coverage for medical pot
May 21, 2014
Many managers pass on job candidates for 1, 2 resumé mistakes: Survey
May 21, 2014
Mining company fires 235 striking South Africa essential services workers
May 21, 2014
Germany finalizes flagship pension reform
May 21, 2014
Do single employees get a raw deal?
May 20, 2014
8 suspects in custody after Turkish mining disaster – including CEO
May 20, 2014
Give me a raise or else!
May 20, 2014
Duty to accommodate child-care obligations
May 20, 2014
Canada proposes $250,000 fines for rail safety misses
May 20, 2014
JP Morgan exec killed himself leaping from U.K. building, inquest rules
May 20, 2014
Remarkable report validates HR (Editor's Notes)
May 20, 2014
Egypt's military declares war on unemployment
May 20, 2014
Job availability dropped in February: StatsCan
May 20, 2014
Workplace strategy in times of rapid change
May 20, 2014
Hospital sick and tired of nurse’s time off
May 20, 2014
Auditor general calls for better management of public-sector pensions
May 20, 2014
The letter of the law
May 20, 2014
Turkish miners down tools over disaster
May 20, 2014
8 suspects in custody after Turkish mining disaster – including CEO
May 20, 2014
Library staffer throws out the book on job action
May 19, 2014
Pension benefits and severance pay
May 19, 2014
New policy shields transgender rights
May 19, 2014
Dealing with a star performer who’s a jerk (Toughest HR Question)
May 19, 2014
6-month notice of resignation upheld for BlackBerry executive keen to join Apple
May 19, 2014
A death in the family
May 19, 2014
Quitting for money
May 19, 2014
It’s time for a rethink around LTD coverage for older employees
May 19, 2014
Poor HR practices under microscope
May 19, 2014
Connecting talent with opportunities
May 19, 2014
CEOs Talk: Numbers, numbers everywhere
May 19, 2014
Starting a whole new chapter
May 19, 2014
When policy, practice don’t match (Guest Commentary)
May 19, 2014
The Weird Workplace
May 16, 2014
Tentative contract reached with B.C. health care workers
May 16, 2014
Aluminum producer Alcoa reaches tentative labour contract with USW
May 16, 2014
Turkish police clash with protesters in mine disaster town
May 16, 2014
Canada set to introduce new temporary foreign worker rules: Report
May 15, 2014
Mass funerals, mounting anger as Turkey mourns mine workers
May 15, 2014
Canada March factory output up to post-recession high
May 15, 2014
Mass funerals, mounting anger as Turkey mourns mine workers
May 15, 2014
Low interest rates a challenge for pension funds: Bank of Canada
May 15, 2014
Mounting anger, protests as Turkey mourns mine workers
May 15, 2014
U.S. fast food workers go on strike to protest low pay
May 15, 2014
Mounting anger, protests as Turkey mourns mine workers
May 15, 2014
Immigration debate masks benefits to EU's top economies
May 15, 2014
Hyundai Motor union demands higher wages, shorter hours
May 14, 2014
Group urges tobacco companies to protect U.S. child workers
May 14, 2014
Accommodating employee disability — It’s not all that painful
May 14, 2014
Death toll in Turkish mine blast exceeds 200, many still trapped
May 14, 2014
Hydro One worker fired for profane tirade reinstated
May 14, 2014
Last chance agreement must be respected: Arbitrator
May 14, 2014
Successor company responsible for 38-year employee’s severance and pension: Court
May 14, 2014
Health and safety and workplace harassment
May 14, 2014
Co-op worker not co-operative with medical information
May 14, 2014
ExxonMobil oil workers threaten to strike in Norway
May 14, 2014
Ottawa food services staff join UFCW
May 14, 2014
Six-month notice of resignation upheld for BlackBerry exec
May 14, 2014
Scaling back benefits
May 14, 2014
3 payroll steps to reduce likelihood of employee lawsuits
May 14, 2014
Vietnam mobs set fire to foreign factories in anti-China riots
May 14, 2014
Death toll in Turkish mine blast exceeds 200, many still trapped
May 14, 2014
Group urges tobacco companies to protect U.S. child workers
May 14, 2014
New Brunswick radio workers’ strike ends
May 13, 2014
German airline Lufthansa to outsource ground staff
May 13, 2014
Criminal charges laid in deadly Lac Megantic railway disaster
May 13, 2014
Employer fined for failure to hand over payroll records
May 13, 2014
Sony's top executives to return bonuses: Nikkei
May 13, 2014
Harnessing the power of knowledge to succeed
May 13, 2014
New look, same great content
May 13, 2014
Mining strike turns deadly in South Africa
May 13, 2014
Unpaid interns often left out of safety legislation
May 13, 2014
New look, same great content
May 13, 2014
Legislative roundup
May 13, 2014
Criminal charges laid in deadly Lac Megantic railway disaster
May 13, 2014
U.S. small business confidence back at pre-recession levels
May 13, 2014
Alberta cracks down on health and safety offenders
May 13, 2014
U.S., Canada job gains may be overstated: Bank Of Canada
May 13, 2014
Changing business environment demands more from payroll
May 13, 2014
Illinois union group asks court to suspend pension reform law
May 12, 2014
Digging deep into shallow pockets
May 12, 2014
Manitoba Department of Justice employee’s behaviour not justifiable: Arbitrator
May 12, 2014
Tugboat workers vote to strike at Australian iron ore port
May 12, 2014
CCAC worker denied interim relief ahead of arbitration hearing
May 12, 2014
Staff sick on stat holidays?
May 12, 2014
Internet porn addiction: A workplace disability?
May 12, 2014
Chinese factory wall collapses in heavy rain, killing 18
May 12, 2014
Ottawa navigates uncharted pension territory
May 12, 2014
Immigrant Success awards: Entrepreneurship Connections
May 12, 2014
Swiss business fears world's highest minimum wage
May 12, 2014
Face Off
May 12, 2014
Fired from Walmart, worker takes aim at China's State Labour Union
May 12, 2014
Labour Briefs
May 12, 2014
Arguments begin over how to divvy up Nortel's assets
May 12, 2014
Chrysler loses $690 million in first quarter
May 09, 2014
Canada surprises with April job losses, underperforming U.S.
May 09, 2014
No-show pilot protest disrupts El Al flights
May 09, 2014
U.S. retailers bounce back as weather warms up
May 09, 2014
Chubb Insurance, Vancity, Intuit among 30 greenest employers
May 08, 2014
RBC, TRIEC celebrate excellence in immigrant employment
May 08, 2014
Barclays axes 19,000 jobs, reins in Wall Street ambitions
May 08, 2014
Australian journalists strike, protest cuts
May 08, 2014
End of oil boom upsets Norway’s ‘single-track’ economy
May 08, 2014
Québec Court of Appeal reiterates principles applicable to notices of termination
May 07, 2014
Ontario's NDP claim they would raise minimum wage to $12, cut small business tax
May 07, 2014
Fast food protests planned for more than 30 countries on May 15
May 07, 2014
In China's Xinjiang, economic divide seen fuelling ethnic unrest
May 07, 2014
Nothing sweet about Nestle’s position on pensions: Unifor
May 07, 2014
German construction workers granted pay raise
May 07, 2014
Federal Court of Appeal clarifies nature and scope of family status protections
May 06, 2014
When 2 weeks is not enough
May 06, 2014
Is the concept of ‘bench strength’ damaging to highly talented employees?
May 06, 2014
Identifying toxic teams in the workplace
May 06, 2014
U.S. proposes immigration rules to help high-skilled workers
May 06, 2014
Disturbing reminder for HR
May 05, 2014
The new vetting process?
May 05, 2014
University degrees on the rise – but so are costs, career uncertainty
May 05, 2014
How much do you pay staff?
May 05, 2014
Discrimination in the workplace
May 05, 2014
Lending a friendly ear goes a long way
May 05, 2014
When a manager dates an intern (Toughest HR Question)
May 05, 2014
Liberals propose 5-point plan to fix TFWP
May 05, 2014
Engaging the remote worker
May 05, 2014
India looks for politicians who can defuse jobs ‘time bomb’
May 05, 2014
The Weird Workplace
May 05, 2014
Termination nightmare: Stabbing rampage raises unsettling questions
May 05, 2014
City worker’s water use doesn’t wash (Legal View)
May 05, 2014
Training around privacy
May 05, 2014
Worker's failure to follow safety rules – even for 30-seconds – justifies termination: Arbitrator
May 05, 2014
No cause for alarm when it comes to labour shortage: IRPP
May 05, 2014
You spent how much?
May 05, 2014
Employee activists represent ‘huge opportunity’ for employers
May 05, 2014
‘Male-wanted’ job ads
May 05, 2014
Dubious medical opinions skew disability benefits
May 05, 2014
Consider your safety in terminations (Guest Commentary)
May 05, 2014
Overcoming hidden biases at work
May 05, 2014
Old workers return, new hires arrive as U.S. construction jobs grow
May 05, 2014
Foreign worker scandal serves up controversy
May 05, 2014
The latest on termination of employment for insubordination
May 02, 2014
U.S. payrolls surge, jobless rate hits 5-1/2 year low
May 02, 2014
Ontario enforcement blitz targets unpaid internships
May 02, 2014
Foreign workers in Canada fear backlash, loss of dreams
May 02, 2014
Teachers form new union at Montreal college
May 02, 2014
Ombudsman's report into HR practices at Toronto Community Housing Corporation
May 01, 2014
News in brief
May 01, 2014
Ask an Expert, with Annie Chong
May 01, 2014
Further research required for WiFi safety
May 01, 2014
WCB eligibility for federal workers subject to provincial rules: Supreme Court
May 01, 2014
China labour activist held over online 'disturbance'
May 01, 2014
WestJet voted most attractive employer for third year
May 01, 2014
Consider your safety in terminations
May 01, 2014
Workplace violence and health and safety
May 01, 2014
Alberta makes OHS employer data more transparent
May 01, 2014
Complying with vacation standards not always easy
May 01, 2014
Alberta to beef up labour relations with construction sector