Louise Smith
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Starting salaries: HR’s projected gains for 2027 trail other in-demand jobs (opens the original)
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Robert Half survey looks at compensation trends for specialized skills like AI, pay transparency and benefits gaps Human resources roles in Canada. are set to see smaller salary gains for new hires in 2027 than the in-demand positions in other professional fields, according to a new survey. Starting base salaries for benefits managers will rise 2.3 per cent next year while those for HR assistants are anticipated to rise 1.8 per cent. Both figures are above the national average increase of 1.4 pe
‘Betrayed’: Stelco layoffs spark clash between Ottawa, company (opens the original)
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Carney says U.S. owner has legal employment obligations, while CEO insists ‘no amount of money’ could have changed decision A dispute over the future of up to 500 Stelco jobs has escalated into a public confrontation between the federal government and the steelmaker's U.S. parent, Cleveland-Cliffs, with Prime Minister Mark Carney threatening legal action and the company's chief executive saying federal money could not have prevented the cuts. Stelco announced Monday that it will indefinitely idl
Deloitte trims 2027 growth forecast for Canada amid new U.S. tariffs (opens the original)
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Firm expects economy to slow sharply late this year, while new Statistics Canada data show real GDP was flat in July Canada's economy will grow faster this year than previously expected but slow sharply heading into 2027 as the latest round of U.S. tariffs takes hold, Deloitte Canada said Tuesday in its fall economic outlook. The consulting firm raised its 2026 growth forecast by 0.2 percentage points to 0.9 per cent, citing a stronger-than-expected first half, and cut its 2027 forecast by 0.4 p
'Catastrophic failure': Report finds Alberta regulators failed Cargill workers (opens the original)
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Six years after more than 950 workers at High River meat plant tested positive, and 2 died, investigation says OHS regulator 'all but abdicated its mandate' Alberta's occupational health and safety regulator and its public health agency both failed to use their enforcement powers as COVID-19 tore through Cargill's beef processing plant in High River in 2020, according to a new report from the Parkland Institute at the University of Alberta. The report, Essential and Expendable: How Alberta's COV
Synagogue shooting suspect was suing military over vaccine-related discharge: reports (opens the original)
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Sean Ward filed $1-million Federal Court claim over release from Canadian Armed Forces The man who died after a gun battle with police outside a Belleville, Ont. synagogue on Yom Kippur was a former infantry corporal who was suing the Canadian Armed Forces for $1 million after being discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports. Police have identified the suspect as Sean Ward, 29. They have not said whether he was targeting Sons of Jacob Synagogue, nor have they commented on
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