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The COVID-19 pandemic and the resetting of the economy that followed it made hourly workers more aware of their value. Some experts think employers should expect to field demands for flexible hours and other workplace incentives even as the labor market weakens.
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Are digital tools a way for companies to retain hourly workers?

Ask Meta Platforms Inc.’s head of artificial intelligence research how the technology could be made safer and she takes inspiration from an unlikely place: the grocery store.
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AI companies could be more transparent to help users make informed choices: Meta VP

Dockworkers kicked off a three-day strike at the Port of Montreal on Monday, shutting down two terminals that handle more than 40 per cent of container traffic at Canada’s second-largest port.
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Port of Montreal dockworkers begin three-day strike at two terminals

When Annie Korver sits down with a new corporate or small business client, she encourages them to focus first on the ‘truth’ part of Truth and Reconciliation.
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How Indigenous relations specialists are bringing reconciliation to the workplace

The Tax-Free Savings Account can be a powerful savings tool and investment vehicle. Financial contributor Christopher Liew explains how they work and how to take full advantage of them so you can reach your financial goals faster.
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How to make the most out of your TFSA

WeightWatchers CEO Sima Sistani, who pushed the company into embracing weight-loss drugs, is leaving the position after a two-and-a-half year stint.
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Sima Sistani, who embraced Ozempic, is out as CEO of WeightWatchers

A strike by grain terminal workers at the Port of Metro Vancouver has ended, their employer announced Friday night.
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Tentative agreement reached to end Vancouver grain terminal workers’ strike

The U.S. Department of Transportation said Friday it had fined Air Canada US$250,000 for operating flights in 2022 and 2023 in prohibited Iraqi airspace.
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U.S. fines Air Canada over flights over prohibited Iraqi airspace

Suncor Energy has been fined $90,000 after pleading guilty to two charges stemming from a worker injury in 2019 aboard its production vessel in an oilfield off the coast of Newfoundland.
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Suncor Energy pleads guilty to charges for 2019 injury on oil vessel off Newfoundland

Two weeks of testimony suggested the company responsible for an experimental deep-water submersible that imploded, killing five people, either recklessly ignored warning signs in the name of profits or represented the nation’s explorer spirit in taking calculated risks to push humankind’s boundaries.
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Titan implosion testimony paints a picture of reckless greed and explorer passion