Patty Hajdu

Canada Summer Jobs 2026: Ottawa opens hiring period

Employers can hire up to 100,000 young workers under program

Federal government consulting on potential Canada Labour Code changes

Employment and Social Development Canada assessing whether federal labour laws around collective bargaining, health and safety, and sucessor employers need updating

New EI Board of Appeal launching in April

Will change how disputed terminations, leave decisions and records of employment scrutinized

Federal minimum wage increasing April 1

New federal base pay rate higher than earlier projected rate of $18.10

Ottawa extends Work‑Sharing flexibilities, launches retention grant to curb layoffs

With the program, ‘employers have more time to stabilize and build and ensure workers can stay on the job, protect their incomes, and build new skills for the future’

$70.4‑million plan: B.C. employers get funding to retrain tariff‑hit workers

‘As global trade evolves, no worker will be left behind’

Ontario, Ottawa move to lock in Canada’s critical minerals future

New strategies, billions in funding and a national workforce alliance aim to fast‑track mines, secure supply chains and protect Canadian jobs

Fines surge for Temporary Foreign Worker Program violations: report

ESDC cites efforts 'to concentrate inspections on areas with heightened risk of potential non-compliance'

Arbitrator awards wage increase for 15,000 Air Canada flight attendants

Arbitrator sets out four‑year wage pattern for flight attendants at Air Canada’s mainline operation, low-cost Rouge division