2009 marks the 10th anniversary of the Best Employers in Canada study. This year, the list of the Best Employers in Canada includes 25 organizations from Ontario, eight from British Columbia, eight from Quebec, five from …

A majority of Canadians are comfortable with billions of dollars in government loans for the ailing auto industry, a new poll suggests. The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey found that 56 per cent of respondents supported the …

“Going green” has become such a buzz phrase du jour. But sometimes you can’t help but wonder if people are just talking about the environment or if they’re actually working to improve it.

For years many …

By April 2009, Canada will have a truly national labour market, whereby workers in regulated occupations, such as architects, accountants, plumbers, and doctors, will be able freely move across provincial and territorial borders.  At present, …

The Government of Canada has recently signed Labout Market Agreements (LMA) with the provinces of Alberta, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador to ensure that all residents have the ability to participate and contribute to the workforces in …

Canada’s jobless rate edged up slightly to 6.2 per cent in October, driven by an increase in the number of people looking for work, Statistics Canada reports. Economists were expecting the rate to jump from September’s …

More than one million people worked in skilled trades in 2007, where employment growth has been a steady 2.2% a year on average since the recession of the early 1990s. This group includes trades (such as plumbers, masons, …

Unless you live in the wilderness, you know the news on the economy is not good. Employers have been cutting workers from their payrolls for six months straight, according to the Labor Department, and economists …