Unifor has filed two applications with the B.C. Labour Relations Board to represent Amazon.com Inc. workers in New Westminster and Delta, B.C. “Workers at Amazon are seeking job security, health and safety and fair wages,” said Lana Payne, the union’s national president, in a press release. The union first announced a drive for Amazon workers in Metro […]
Two-fifths of U.S. employees say they didn’t receive a raise in the last year and those who did received raises that were 25 per cent lower than in 2022, according to a new survey by BambooHR. The survey, which polled 1,500 employees, found the average pay increase was 4.6 per cent, down from 6.2 per […]
Roughly half of online gig workers across the globe don’t have a retirement plan, a percentage that increases among Venezuelan (73 per cent) and Nigerian (75 per cent) workers, according to a new report by the World Bank Group. The report, based on surveys across 17 countries, found online gig work is growing globally, particularly in the developing world, creating an important […]
Three-quarters (76 per cent) of U.S. employees say they’d actively search for — or be open to — a new job if their company rolled back flexible working policies, according to a new survey by Greenhouse Software Inc. The survey, which polled more than 1,200 U.S. employees, found 40 per cent of workers said they […]
In 2021, more than 50 per cent of people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis said their condition has had a negative impact at work, according to Antonella Scali, executive director at the Canadian Psoriasis Network, speaking during a session at the annual Canadian Arthritis Research Conference last week. People living with inflammatory conditions often report […]