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06.08.2022 / 13:33

Canada shed jobs for 2nd straight month in July, unemployment rate unchanged

Canada’s unemployment rate stayed a historic low of 4.9 per cent in July, remaining unchanged from June as the country continues to face a labour shortage.

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Alberta mom suing Starbucks over her firing because she alleges her cancer was confused for COVID-19

An Alberta mother who alleges Starbucks Coffee Canada Inc. mistakenly thought her cancer symptoms were COVID-19 symptoms is now taking legal action against the company, arguing she was wrongfully fired over the mix-up.Lisa Pedersen has a rare type of blood cancer called myeloproliferative neoplasm and is undergoing chemotherapy treatments for it.

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Hiring process ‘broken’ in many Canadian firms, experts say. What’s the fix?

As Canada continues to struggle with a nationwide labour shortage, some experts say that the hiring process in several organizations across varied sectors is “broken.”

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Italian man accused of skipping work for 15 years straight

Italian prosecutors say they’ve busted a man who raked in roughly 538,000 euros (US$647,000) over 15 years without ever showing up to his hospital job, in one of the most egregious cases of absentee abuse they’ve ever seen.Police have dubbed Salvatore Scumace, 67, the “king of absentees” for his allegedly rampant abuse of public-sector funds in the city of Catanzaro, ANSA News reports. Authorities say the man used threats to ensure that he would not be docked for missing work at the local hospital, and that he later fell off his employer’s radar altogether while still collecting paycheques.

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Man gets final pay in oil-covered pennies after quitting ‘toxic’ job

paycheque in his driveway as a massive pile of oil-covered pennies after allegedly withholding the money for months out of spite.Andreas Flaten and his girlfriend, Olivia Oxley, found the pennies in their driveway on March 12, along with a simple note on top of the pile that read “F–k you!” Oxley posted videos of the pile on her Instagram account.“They’re covered in something,” she says in one video, after running her hand through the pennies.

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Dalhousie University and faculty ratify collective agreement

Dalhousie University and its faculty have ratified a tentative collective agreement after half a year of bargaining.The Dalhousie Board of Governors ratified the employment agreement last week after Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) members voted to accept the agreement in January.The agreement is a result of bargaining that occurs every few years to negotiate new contracts for university employees.

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Canadian economy sheds 213,000 jobs in January, biggest decline since April

Statistics Canada says the economy lost almost 213,000 jobs in January as employment fell to the lowest level since August last year, wiping out the gains made in the fall.The unemployment rate rose 0.6 percentage points to 9.4 per cent, the highest rate since August.Financial data firm Refinitiv says the average economist estimate was for a loss of 47,500 jobs in January and an unemployment rate of 8.9 per cent.

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Winnipeg recruiting agency seeing job market come back to life

coronavirus pandemic.Kevin Gill, president of Staffmax Staffing & Recruiting, said he is placing more workers now than before the pandemic hit.“We’re still in COVID, yet we’re getting more requests for employees than we’ve had, really, at any time,” Gill said.

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Newly launched program helping recent graduates connect with internships in New Brunswick

CyberNB has been selected to oversee the federal internship program, Digital Skills for Youth, in the province.The program benefits underemployed university or college graduates with 50 internships across New Brunswick. CyberNB expects 1,000 more cybersecurity jobs to open up over the next 5 years “The companies that raise their hand for these internships are really keen to have young professionals show up, learn, grow and become the future leaders of this province,” said Tyson Johnson, CEO of CyberNB.The goal is to create a meaningful work experience that will hopefully lead to permanent employment.“It’s going to be an open call.

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New job numbers show Saskatchewan employment on the rise: Statistics Canada

Saskatchewan employment is on the rise as the province continues to navigate the coronavirus pandemic.Statistics Canada released its Labour Force Survey data Friday, showing 13,000 more people were working in July compared to June.In total, 551,100 people were working in Saskatchewan in July.“We’re certainly moving in the right direction. We have a ways to go in some of the sectors, there’s no question about that,” said John Hopkins, Regina and District Chamber of Commerce CEO.

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Emergency coronavirus benefit could be a model for future aid programs: minister

OTTAWA — The newly created benefit for workers whose livelihoods are affected by COVID-19 may be a model for how the federal government helps unemployed Canadians in the future, Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough said Thursday.

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Coronavirus: Montreal business owners struggle as revenues dry up amid pandemic

From the streets of downtown Montreal to the bedroom communities of the West Island, many businesses are closed as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, their employees furloughed.

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Hiring blitz at Quebec businesses considered ‘essential services’

While operations at many Quebec businesses have come to a grinding halt due to novel coronavirus safety measures, others are scrambling to find new employees.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0