Posts Categorized As: Employment Standard

Blog Post #1333 – Outdated Data Used in Temporary Foreign Worker Program

December 19, 2022February 23, 2022 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2015)

Original report by Jean Lian, Editor of the magazine)

The wage data used by Alberta government officials to determine which Temporary Foreign Worker Program to approve are deeply flawed, according to documents uncovered by the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL).

Blog Post #1218 – Act Seeks to Protect Interns

December 19, 2022February 14, 2021 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Two NDP MPs have tabled a private members Bill aimed at protecting the rights of federally-regulated interns.

Blog Post #1213 – Bill to Increase Protection in Ontario

December 19, 2022January 31, 2021 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Following its election victory on June 12, 2014, Ontario’s Liberal government re-introduced Bill 146 to increase protections for vulnerable workers.

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Blog Post #982 – Improved Access to Benefits in Nova Scotia

December 19, 2022February 3, 2019 by Dan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Frontline and emergency-response workers and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) will have easier access to workers’ compensation benefits starting from October 26, 2018, as changes to the Workers’ Compensation Act introduced last year no longer requires these workers to prove that their PTSD diagnosis is work-related.