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India needs to follow a path akin to China’s to find answers to its job woes.
Tech companies have laid off thousands of game developers in recent months.
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Recent waves of layoffs shine a light on the systemic issues in the game industry and the post-graduation promises universities are making to students.
After years of negative rhetoric, a mindset shift towards believing work isn’t a necessary evil couldn’t hurt.
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Could the adverse effects of anti-work rhetoric spread beyond one’s own job perception? A sociologist’s recent research sheds light on the question.
Organizations are often the perfect breeding grounds for jealousy or fearing the loss of a valued relationship.
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When employees are able to reconceptualize jealousy as a motivating force, this opens up new venues to address, overcome, and even capitalize on the feeling.
Black people in Canada continue experiencing oppression and dehumanization because of how their skin colour is viewed and represented.
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Young Black men are being denied employment for multifaceted reasons, and when they do find work, are often trapped in low-paying jobs.
Employers can address qualification inflation by implementing skill-based recruitment and selection practices.
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Job listings now often demand that applicants have degrees and experiences that were previously unnecessary, with some job requirements even surpassing the qualifications of current employees.
Being confined to our homes for long periods without access to different activities can expose teleworkers to cabin fever.
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While teleworking can come with many benefits, being alone at home can leave us feeling isolated and unmotivated.
Some teens get tendinitis from scooping ice cream.
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Better training and supervision make younger workers less vulnerable to injuries.
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Unions are arcing up about cabin crew being filmed without consent during flights. Some airlines have brought in new rules aimed at curbing the practice.
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It’s been a big year for industrial action but what’s in store for 2024?
Members of a Québec teachers’ union march to begin their unlimited strike, Nov. 23, 2023 in Montréal.
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The rise in union support can be explained by the growing recognition people are having of their own disadvantages, and the anger they feel about it.
Data labellers across the world are keeping AI on track, but struggling to make ends meet themselves.
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Tech firms are relying on low-wage workers to power their AI models. That raises serious ethical questions about how the technology is being developed.
Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan embraces the president of the longshore workers union from the Port de Québec that’s been locked out for a year, at a rally for federal anti-scab legislation on Parliament Hill in September 2023.
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Unions have long advocated for a ban on replacement workers, arguing their use unduly shifts power to employers and gives the boss an unfair advantage in collective bargaining.
Despite the increasing representation of persons with hearing loss in the workplace, discrimination, a lack of accessibility and isolation still prevent equity and inclusion.
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Discrimination, a lack of accessibility and isolation still prevent persons with hearing loss from experiencing equity and inclusion at work.
UK workers have a high degree of concern about the climate crisis.
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Our survey of UK workers reveals their deep concern about climate change – many want to see action being taken.
Canada has the third-largest oil reserves in the world and is the world’s fourth-largest oil producer.
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If Alberta prepares to transition from oil and gas to solar energy, the workforce will need retraining. New research shows that this will cost less than expected.
If your boss is biased, this is a logical response.
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Having a biased manager lowers productivity across the board – even for workers who aren’t targeted.
It’s crucial that workplaces committed to diversity and inclusion don’t overlook the importance of addressing mental health concerns.
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Workplaces committed to diversity and inclusion need to ensure they don’t overlook the importance of addressing mental health concerns.
Drivers that juggle driving with another job were more likely to run red lights and carry weapons, such as knives, for safety reasons. These behaviours pose risks not only to drivers, but also to the public.
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Companies like Uber and Lyft have a long way to go in improving worker safety to ensure both drivers and passengers feel safe on the road.
The subtler, more insidious forms of discrimination that women face at work often go unnoticed.
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While blatant discrimination is easy to condemn because of how obvious it is, there are subtler, more insidious forms that also need to be rooted out.