'In the last 20 years, the average square feet per employee that's needed has been shrinking' TORONTO (CP) — When Rahul Raj was ready to move his small but growing business out of his home, he found a range of flexible options waiting for him despite Toronto's tight office market thanks to a boom in [...]

Bob Baker, the former longtime artistic director of The Citadel Theatre in Edmonton who also directed at theatres across the country, has been expelled from the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. “Acting on the findings of a Disciplinary Committee relating to a safe and respectful workplace complaint, Equity’s national Council ratified the recommendation of the Committee [...]

A controversial City of Hamilton employee who once led a Canadian white supremacist organization has been terminated, according to the city. Communications manager Jen Recine confirmed in a release on Friday that Marc Lemire and the city have “mutually agreed to end Mr. Lemire’s employment.” Lemire was on a leave of absence, pending the outcome [...]

Anchuan Jiang says he's trying to pay what's owed, but 'staff are not working hard enough' A Toronto businessman and his companies are now facing more than a dozen charges through the Employment Standards Act (ESA) for not complying with orders to pay roughly $1.4 million in employee wages and penalties. The wages are owed [...]

OLRB decision could take days, months. TORONTO (CP) — Foodora couriers in Toronto wrapped voting on union certification Tuesday, but the drive to create Canada’s first unionized workforce in the gig economy has taken a back seat to a ruling on the fundamental question of whether the workers are considered employees. Ballots have been sealed [...]

App-driven jobs in the gig economy can mean constant surveillance. The work day ends and you Uber home, leaving the driver a five-star review for a blissfully uneventful ride. Your stomach rumbles, and since you're already holding your phone, you swipe over to another app and order dinner, adding a $3 tip for the delivery person. But who's [...]

A clear resignation that isn’t rescinded can wipe the service slate clean​. Despite the old saying, “You can’t go home again,” maybe you can — it just depends on how you left. When an employee quits and later returns to work for the same employer, these are generally considered two separate stints, so the employee’s service time dates back to the beginning of [...]

'The staffing changes had nothing to do with anyone's race, ethnicity, religion' OTTAWA (CP) -- An organization aimed at supporting women in politics is facing backlash over its decision to fire three racialized employees last week, sparking resignations and a social media campaign calling its commitment to diversity into question. Equal Voice, a multi-partisan organization [...]

Employer says she had made her dental office's texting policy clear A woman who was fired with cause for texting during a meeting and not being a "team player" has been awarded $5,164 in compensation for her seven years of service at the dental office where she worked. The employer, dentist Dr. Paula Winsor-Lee of the [...]

wo members of the Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation, who said they were racially profiled by staff at a B.C. Denny’s restaurant, settled their human rights complaint with the chain. According to lawyers for Helaina Moses and Shane Hummel, the pair visited a 24-hour Denny’s restaurant in Vancouver in November 2017. The pair were visiting [...]