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Pages tagged "employment standards"


Employer paid sick days are needed now

Posted on News & Blogs by Brittany Andrew · December 08, 2020 1:45 PM

The federal government’s Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) was always meant to be a temporary program to fill holes in workplace legislation. The time is right for implementing provincially-mandated, employer-paid sick days.

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Explainer: Implementing Paid Sick Days and Paid Sick Leave

Posted on News & Blogs by Brittany Andrew-Amofah & Angella MacEwan · July 20, 2020 10:27 AM

Canada has done a good job curbing the COVID-19 curve, and after a months-long shutdown many people are eager to resume regular routines. In order to keep transmission rates low while we reopen, many regions are implementing preventative public health measures, such as mandatory masks in indoor public spaces. Paid sick days and paid sick leave are an essential component of a safe re-opening, to protect workers and mitigate future outbreaks.

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New report shines light on dynamics of gender pay gap

Posted on News & Blogs by Angella MacEwen · April 19, 2016 3:06 PM

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Every year, women around the world celebrate (angrily) the day their average full-time, full-year earnings have caught up to men’s average full-time full-year earnings from the year before.

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Public safety must trump red tape-cutting

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · August 26, 2013 8:00 PM

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When it comes to food, drug and consumer-product safety, the storage and transportation of hazardous goods, and the control of pollutants that threaten human health and the environment, Canadians would almost universally agree that governments should regulate business to ensure that public health and safety always comes first. This is particularly true in the aftermath of preventable human tragedies such as that at Lac-Mégantic.

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