Precarious Employment

• Hot Jobs: Career strategies for a new era in the Canadian workplace

  A new series from Global News looks at how to make money today — including the six-figure entry-level job, successfully starting a freelance career and how to figure out if that side hustle is worth the trouble.

  Money

  Oct 26, 2018
  
• Should Canadian workers have the ‘right to disconnect’? Question studied as Liberals plan labour code rewrite

  Restoring work-life balance and protections for precarious workers will be a key part of a revamp of Canadian labour rules set to be tabled this fall.

  Canada

  Sep 3, 2018
  
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• Engineer? Teacher? Sorry, that doesn’t guarantee job security anymore

  A new study, billed as first of its kind, highlights how precarious work in Canada isn't just limited to low-wage jobs.

  Consumer

  Aug 21, 2018
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• Precarious work in Peterborough is more prevalent than you might think

  A new report takes a look at the employment and working conditions of workers in Peterborough.

  Economy

  Jun 11, 2018
• Bill Kelly: Being a cop is ‘precarious employment’

  The list is long, too long, of officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty in the RCMP and provincial and local police services.

  Nov 20, 2017
• Toronto bakery Fiera Foods fined $300,000 in 2016 death of worker

  The labour ministry's investigation determined that Fiera "failed to ensure that a worker near a source of entanglement secured all loose clothing, as required."

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2017
• Panel finds ‘serious problem’ with enforcement of labour laws in Ontario

  An expert panel has found a "serious problem" with enforcement of employment standards across Ontario.

  Economy

  Jul 27, 2016
• Toronto inside workers vote in favour of new labour deal

  There is labour peace in Toronto's public sector now after that the city's inside workers voted in favour of a new four-year contract Wednesday night.

  Politics

  Mar 10, 2016
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• Urban Outfitters latest retailer to end on-call shifts in NY state

  Clothing shop responds to U.S. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's inquiry into the practice of requiring workers to report for shifts on short notice.

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2015
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• Retail paychecks are climbing in Canada – but so are unsteady hours

  U.S. workers have seen real incomes drop in recent years as inflation has climbed, new report says. Here's how wages have performed for Canadians in similar fields.

  Canada

  Sep 3, 2015