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OTTAWA - It has been nearly two years since a civilian employee at the Defence Department says she first lodged a workplace harassment complaint against one of her superiors and she says the bureaucratic stonewalling ever since has left her feeling defeated.

Montreal dockers face looming threat of Trudeau back-to-work law on second day of strike Yesterday at 7:00 a.m., 1,150 dockers at the Port of Montreal launched an indefinite general strike. Underscoring that the workers’ struggle is above all a political fight, the federal Liberal government led by Justin Trudeau is rushing to pass antidemocratic strikebreaking legislation little more than a day after the job action began. Without a contract since December 2018, the Montreal dockworkers are w...

The federal labour minister says the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need to give employees the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between home and work lives blur. The idea, known as the right to disconnect, first came up as a proposed addition to the federal labour code almost three years ago. Read: How can employers manage work-from-home burnout? […]

Jordan Press Labour Minister Filomena Tassi responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Thursday December 3, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld April 23, 2021 - 1:00 AM OTTAWA - The federal labour minister says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to give workers the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between home and work lives blur. The idea, known as the right to disconnect, first came up as ...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Jordan Press, The Canadian Press Posted: Save to Read Later OTTAWA - The federal labour minister says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to give workers the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between home and work lives blur. Labour Minister Filomena Tassi responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Thursday December...

Labour minister says pandemic highlights need to settle on right-to-disconnect rules Poll Yes By Jordan Press, The Canadian Press on April 23, 2021. Labour Minister Filomena Tassi responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Thursday December 3, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA – The federal labour minister says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to give workers the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between ...

Labour minister says pandemic highlights need to settle on right-to-disconnect rules Business Related Yes Labour Minister Filomena Tassi responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Thursday December 3, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA – The federal labour minister says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to give workers the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between home and work lives blur. The idea, known a...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On April 19, 2021, Canada released its 2021 budget.  Budget provisions impacting employers include those that extend certain business support programs implemented in response to COVID-19; expand access to Employment Insurance (EI) benefits; amend the Canada Labour Code to improve job protections for gig economy workers, raise the minimum wage to $15/hour, and institute job protections for employees on leave; provide funding for job t...

Manufacturiers et Exportateurs du Québec (MEQ) are extremely concerned about the impact of weeks of uncertainty at the Port of Montreal. Now that a strike notice has been filed by the CUPE Longshoremens Union (local 375) to suspend certain activities, including training, overtime, and weekend work, during a joint press conference these associations called for a firm and immediate intervention by the federal government to ensure activities at the Port of Montreal are maintained at all times...

Mar 29, 2021 This article is sponsored by Ergo-Safety and originally appeared in the 2021 edition of Best Offices Ottawa. Read the full publication here. Regardless of how quickly COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out, the new prevalence of the home office is largely here to stay. That’s the emerging view shared by Sue Hanel of Ergo-Safety, the Ottawa-based workspace ergonomics consultancy that Hanel founded in 1992.  “When office buildings open again,” Hanel muses, “I suspect that about a...