With reports of a labour shortage, can the pandemic recovery help raise wages?
As Canadians wait for Friday's latest jobs numbers, there are growing reports that a shortage of labour will lead to rising wages as the COVID-19 pandemic winds…
‘If you’re sick, stay home’ is a non-starter for many Canadians
The debate around paid sick leave has grown louder and more urgent in the past several weeks as COVID-19 cases have continued to soar in many parts…
Uber’s proposed revamp of provincial labour laws would cement the notion that gig workers are not employees
This column is an opinion by Paris Marx, a socialist writer and host of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast. For more information about CBC's Opinion section,…
Auditor general reports today on public health agency’s pandemic response
The country's auditor general will deliver a report today on how well prepared the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic…
A year of misfortune: How the global pandemic has battered N.L.’s oil and gas industry
Amanda Young had her dream job as a cook on the Terra Nova FPSO, one of four oil-producing platforms in offshore Newfoundland and Labrador."We all thought that…
Pandemic job losses threaten to leave women behind permanently, RBC warns
Jerty Gaa is one of the nearly 500,000 women in Canada who remain unemployed amid the pandemic.She found herself on hiatus from her job as a hotel…
Ontario man battles Bell and contractor after worker uses power tool to clean his car
David Rooney couldn't believe what he was seeing when he looked out his front window in June and saw a Bell Canada contract employee aiming a high-pressure…
Anti-Chinese sign outside Ontario bar sparks calls for action
People in London, Ont., are calling for political action after seeing a sign at a downtown bar earlier this week that they say directly targets the Asian…
Restaurant entrepreneur aims to thank every care-home worker in Canada with a free meal
Mohamad Fakih built a restaurant empire from the ground up, and COVID-19 has nearly torn it down. Yet, in a surprising contradiction, his kitchens are humming right…
Alberta pandemic danger pay program causes confusion among workers, unions
A new program that will pay some frontline workers $1,200 for risking their health during the COVID-19 pandemic is leaving some employees and unions frustrated as they…
Left out of the COVID-19 pay bump, Manitoba ER nurses say they feel abandoned by province, union
An emergency room nurse at Winnipeg's St. Boniface Hospital is struggling to provide care to three patients with COVID-19.Two of them are screaming at her. They want…