Use of Kijiji in jobs report highlights its unreliability as a recruitment...
On February 11, 2014, Finance Canada released its 54-page “Jobs Report” alongside the Federal Budget. In that report, the Canadian Government claimed that Canada’s job vacancy rate had been “increasing...
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Minimum wage is ever increasing. In light of the 2014 minimum wage increases in several provinces and territories in Canada, we wanted to take a look back at the journey of minimum wage in our country...
View ArticleThree popular articles this week on HRinfodesk
Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with Statistics Canada 2013 study on hours worked and labour productivity; Bardal factors; and, the award of punitive damages for failure to...
View ArticleThe older job applicant: Human Rights considerations
The number of workers over the age of 65 has significantly increased in recent years, and a survey by Towers Watson found that one-third of all respondents and 42 percent of older workers have decided...
View ArticleThree popular articles this week on HRinfodesk
Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with unjust dismissal; termination due to pregnancy; and, October 2014 labour force survey. Continue reading Three popular articles this week on...
View ArticleThree popular articles this week on HRinfodesk
Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with scheduling work on Sundays; AODA employment standard; and unincorporated self-employment. Continue reading Three popular articles this week on...
View ArticleLand on free parking, expect to pay
In Monopoly, landing on free parking is simply a safe place to land. Many people, however, play under rules which allow anyone landing on free parking to collect the “pot” in the middle of the board....
View ArticleMost-viewed articles this week on HRinfodesk
The three most viewed articles on HRinfodesk this week deal with dismissal without cause in the federally regulated sector; how an employer is allowed to discipline an employee for a discriminatory...
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