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Canada – Employers struggle to find skilled workers
Many Canadian employers are struggling to find the right talent for specific jobs amid a growing skills shortage, says Randstad Canada’s latest Global Workmonitor report released Wednesday. The report described Canada’s growing shortage of highly skilled labour as critical and predicted shortages in the manufacturing, automation and energy and utility industries with Calgary one of … Continue reading
Canada – Employment insurance changes hasty and unwise
The federal government introduced a 425-page bill in the spring to ram changes through Parliament on everything from employment insurance to the age of retirement. The government refused all pleas to split the bill up so that each resulting piece of legislation could be debated adequately. Now the finance minister is at it again, introducing … Continue reading
Canada – Less enthusiastic about immigrants
Canadian hearts are hardening slightly towards the country’s immigrants, particularly when it comes to their impact on the economy, an internal government survey suggests. The latest results of the Citizenship and Immigration tracking survey — conducted every year since 1996 to gauge public opinion on immigration — suggest that national attitudes towards both the number … Continue reading
Canada – Pfizer to cut 300 jobs
Pfizer Inc. is laying off 300 professionals or 11 per cent of its Canadian workforce as the drug multinational reduces its costs to soothe the revenue erosion from … . Pfizer to cut 300 Canadian jobs . http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/pfizer-to-cut-300-canadian-jobs/article4711980/?service=mobile
Canada – Youth unemployment outlook not so bleak says Certified General Accountants Association
Employment prospects for younger Canadians looking for work are not as dismal as widely believed, a report released by the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada today suggests. The report argues that the peak unemployment rate among those aged 15 to 24 peaked at 15.2 per cent during the latest recession, lower than the high … Continue reading
Canada – Labour Market – Not bad, but could be better says Parliamentary Budget Office
The labour market has fared better in Canada than in many other rich countries, it has fared better than it has in past recessions, but it has not fared as well as it could. This is the major message from a recently released report by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), which offers a valuable description … Continue reading
Canada – Veterans – Declared ‘surplus’ employees
The growing number of federal employees declared surplus as departments digest the Conservatives government’s spending cuts are squeezing out medically discharged veterans who have also been promised a shot at jobs in the public service. And a Senator who has taken up the cause of veterans believes the only solution is for the government to … Continue reading
Canada – Temporary Foreign Worker Program – Recruiters in China are charging $12,500
News that a company backed by Chinese state-owned steelmakers plans to bring more than 200 Chinese miners to work temporarily in its coal mines in northern B.C. has put a much-needed spotlight on Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, as has news that recruiters in China are charging $12,500 a head for access to these mining … Continue reading
Montreal – Pfizer cuts 300 jobs
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced it’s cutting about 300 jobs across Canada, most of them in Montreal. Julie-Catherine Racine, a spokesman for Pfizer Canada, said Sunday that the cuts will be spread across several locations but the majority will be at the company’s headquarters in the Montreal suburb of Kirkland. “After an extensive and rigorous … Continue reading
Irish workers – Looking for jobs in B.C.
A B.C. construction industry team got a warm welcome at job fairs in Ireland, where out-of-work tradespeople are desperate for jobs being offered in Canada. At a job fair in Dublin, 10,000 workers came through the door, said Abigail Fulton, vice-president of the B.C. Construction Association. The delegation also set up in Cork and Belfast … Continue reading
Canada – Employment Insurrance – New claims established after Sept. 15 are entitled to five fewer weeks of benefits
The Canadian government has quietly not renewed an employment insurance pilot program designed to benefit people across the country who live in regions with high unemployment. The Extended Employment Insurance Benefits Pilot Project provided an extra five weeks of benefits to people living in 21 designated regions across the country. The program was introduced in … Continue reading
Canada – Ratio of unemployment to job vacancies drops
Canadian businesses had 264,000 job vacancies in July, an increase of 32,000 from July 2011. For every job vacancy, there were 5.3 unemployed people, down from 6.0 in July 2011. The decline in this ratio of unemployment to job vacancies was mainly a result of the increase in job vacancies. The national job vacancy rate was 1.8% in the three-month period ending in July, up from 1.6% … Continue reading
Toronto – Loblaw cuts 700 head office jobs
The decision by Loblaw Companies Limited to chop 700 jobs from the payroll in administration and at head office in Brampton on Tuesday was met with mixed reviews from analysts and investors. Loblaw has been upgrading its supply chain technology and infrastructure and while the job cuts may reflect greater efficiencies, Perry Caicco, managing director, … Continue reading
XL Foods – Recall of 800 employees one day after layoffs
The meat processing company at the centre of an E. coli outbreak is recalling 800 workers it laid off only a day earlier, breaking an impasse that kept federal inspectors from completing their review of the operation. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) evaluation of XL Foods ground to a halt this weekend when the … Continue reading
Canada – Employment Insurance – EI recipients participating in employability measures should be exempted from the application of the proposed provisions on convenient job
Canada – Employment Insurance – EI recipients participating in employability measures should be exempted from the application of the proposed provisions on convenient job
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