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Canada’s reliance on temporary workers reflects innovation gaps, experts sayCanada's lack of business investment has employers turning to temporary workers to boost their output. Here's why that's a drag on prosperity in Canada.CanadaJan 20
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Lifting of COVID 19 rules in N.B. allows foreign workers to head straight to farmsAgriculture Alliance of New Brunswick says the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions will allow fully vaccinated foreign workers to head directly to the province's farms.EconomyMar 21, 2022
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Ontario government proposes legislation that would license temporary agencies, recruitersLabour Minister Monte McNaughton says there are more than 3,000 agencies in Ontario, and the vast majority operate ethically, but some are bad actors.CanadaOct 18, 2021
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Nearly 30 contract workers laid off at London’s General DynamicsThe majority of the losses came from engineering.CanadaSep 5, 2018
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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort files request to hire 61 foreign workersTrump may have repeatedly urged U.S. businesses to "hire American," but his own Mar-a-Lago resort doesn't appear to be heeding his call.WorldJul 6, 2018
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Equal pay for equal work? Not under Ontario’s new statutory holiday pay rulesThe law that raised minimum wage also established rules that introduce pay inequities among part-time workers, small businesses say.MoneyFeb 13, 2018
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Businessman accused of bilking Filipino workers pleads guilty in Halifax courtHe allegedly counselled the workers to lie about their wages if they wanted to stay in Canada - with some working for as low as $3.13 per hour.CanadaDec 5, 2017
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Toronto bakery Fiera Foods fined $300,000 in 2016 death of workerThe labour ministry's investigation determined that Fiera "failed to ensure that a worker near a source of entanglement secured all loose clothing, as required."CanadaSep 14, 2017
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Federal live-in caregiver program being criticized for exploiting workersWith Parliament poised to look at changes to how temporary foreign workers are treated, people who came as live-in caregivers are speaking out about what they call injustices within the federal programs.CanadaSep 12, 2016
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Millennials and the changing world of workWhat will the world of work look like in the future? More flexible and less stable, experts say.LifestyleFeb 16, 2015
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