Health-care workers, who interact with public frequently, report highest level of abuseAbout 19 per cent of Canadian women and 13 per cent of men reported being harassed in the workplace, with the highest level of harassment in health-care jobs, according to Statistics Canada.Verbal abuse was the most common form of harassment for both men and [...]
Culture shift main way to eradicate workplace harassment: Lawyer In developing a workplace strategy around harassment and violence, the federal government recently passed Bill C-65, an Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and the Budget Implementation Act, 2017. “It’s really just making sure that [...]
Canada added a record number of jobs in November and the unemployment rate dipped to a new all-time low, a performance that analysts said should help ease the Bank of Canada’s worries about a recent economic slowdown. Statistics Canada on Friday reported a gain of 94,100 jobs on stronger full-time hiring and said the jobless [...]
A new bill aimed at eliminating “burdensome regulation” will reduce employers’ obligations to pay workers overtime, resulting in “crazy schedules and less pay in the pocket” for employees, critics say. Bill 66, an omnibus bill that aims to “stimulate business investment, create good jobs, and make Ontario more competitive” loosens regulations around overtime, including scrapping [...]
Chronic understaffing, long wait times and chaotic case management at Ontario’s workers compensation board are putting vulnerable accident victims at risk, compromising the integrity of the provincial compensation system, and jeopardizing financial accountability, according to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s own employees. Staff made the criticisms in response to a September blog post by [...]
Ontario Labour Ministry rules in case of Juan Jose Lira Cervantes, who for 4 years got less than minimum wage A Domino's Pizza franchise in Mississauga must pay a former delivery driver $28,144.54 in lost wages and other benefits for violating several parts of the Employment Standards Act, Ontario's Ministry of Labour has ruled. Juan Jose Lira Cervantes — a [...]
Beverly Day was fired by the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society and accused of misappropriating funds Beverly Day was in her 20s and working as a construction flagger when she started caring for injured birds in her spare time. She learned as she went and her reputation quickly spread across B.C. By the time she founded Delta's [...]
Employers in Alberta are no longer allowed to mandate high heels in the workplace. Changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Code were announced Friday morning, prohibiting Alberta employers from requiring workers to wear high heels. Those who work in the hospitality industry have been particularly vocal about banning heeled footwear in Alberta restaurants. Earlier [...]
Angelique EagleWoman is seeking $2.67M to compensate for lost wages and account for damages for 'harm to dignity, feelings and self-respect' TORONTO — A woman who became the first female Indigenous dean of a Canadian law school has launched a lawsuit against the university, alleging it racially discriminated against her and forced her to resign [...]
An Afro-Indigenous children’s services worker has launched an Ontario Human Rights case against the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, claiming systemic racism on the job. Sylvia Delgado, 40, who works with children in foster care and group homes, claims she was questioned and undermined over several years by a supervisor at the Toronto society who [...]