Opinion: Discrimination has become a very costly mistake in Ontario. A recent award from Ontario’s human rights tribunal should have employers carefully reviewing their HR policies and emailing their employment lawyers. Muhammad Haseeb, a university graduate in engineering, has been awarded over $120,000 by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario in a discrimination in employment [...]

TORONTO – Experts say Canada is in the midst of a skilled labour shortage – and it’s limiting the growth of businesses. According to a survey by the Business Development Bank of Canada, 53 per cent of small-and medium-sized enterprises say the labour shortage will cause them to limit business investment. A labour market expert [...]

City paid out nearly $5.5M in claims in 2018, city manager says it's not sustainable Front-line employees of the City of Thunder Bay are reporting more on-the-job injuries and officials at city hall say the rising costs aren't sustainable. A corporate safety report to city council on Monday showed that 2018 (statistics were calculated up [...]

Inspections to help to prevent 'needless suffering,' says Minister Monte McNaughton Inspectors from the Ontario Ministry of Labour will hold a "workplace safety blitz" in the coming months in an effort to prevent the most common on-the-job injuries. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton says the three-month project — running from Tuesday until Dec. 27 — will [...]

A tragic workplace accident has led to the death of another temporary worker at Fiera Foods, a North York industrial bakery ⁠— and this is far from the first time. According to The Toronto Star, it is believed that the worker was crushed by a machine that turned on while he was cleaning it. Since 1999, five temps have died [...]

A new one-million square foot Amazon facility will bring more than 600 full-time jobs to Scarborough. “We’re excited to welcome Amazon’s first fulfillment centre in the City of Toronto and the more than 600 new, good jobs that will be created in Scarborough,” Toronto Mayor John Tory said as the announcement was made on Monday. Tory [...]

Commits $50 million to legal information, resources to support individuals. The federal government’s commitment to combat workplace sexual harassment has begun in earnest. Portions of a five-year, $50-million commitment announced in Budget 2018 are being doled out to organizations across Canada in an effort to address the issue. So far, money has been dedicated to [...]

Violent unrest in Hong Kong is the latest geopolitical threat prompting Canadian companies to review their safety measures for overseas employees, security experts say. “It’s forced companies to kind of look at their policies and procedures around travelling to higher risk countries where there may be instability,” says Patrick Doyle, American Express Global Business Travel’s Canadian general [...]

McDonald's is introducing a new training program for its U.S. employees after dozens of workers complained about sexual harassment. The Chicago-based company said Wednesday that its franchisees have committed to provide the training — a combination of online work and in-person discussions — to 850,000 employees. Beginning in October, it will educate workers about harassment and [...]

Newly available products stronger, last longer than inhaled ones. Just when employers were starting to feel comfortable — or less panicked — about the impact of recreational cannabis on the workplace, the legal production and sale of edible cannabis, cannabis extracts and cannabis topicals will take effect Oct. 17. Unlike inhaled cannabis, ingestibles can take [...]