December 12, 2022

In this episode: provincial employment updates, the report from the Auditor General stating that many employers that received the COVID-19 aid were ineligible for the government benefit, Canadian employees’ ‘HR wish list’ for 2023, protection for journalists working in dangerous zones, and other topics. Stay with us to get the latest HR updates.

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1. CUPE reports that Ontario’s education workers have voted to ratify their next collective agreement | Ontario education workers vote to ratify first freely-negotiated collective agreement in a decade | Canadian Union of Public Employees (cupe.ca) 
2. Ontario is providing over $4.7 million to Contact North, giving learners in underserved communities access to innovative virtual learning and training opportunities | Ontario Supporting Learners and Jobseekers Wherever They Are | Ontario Newsroom 
3. Saskatchewan’s delegation to Manila made conditional employment offers to 128 registered nurses | Healthcare Recruitment Mission to the Philippines a Success | News and Media | Government of Saskatchewan 
4. Alberta is considering the Police Amendment Act to establish an independent agency  to handle complaints against the police | Policing reforms for a modern and diverse Alberta | Réformes des services de police pour une Alberta moderne et diversifiée | alberta.ca 
5. Tens of thousands of Canadian employers that received the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy were ineligible for the government benefit | Report 10—Specific COVID-19 Benefits (oag-bvg.gc.ca) 
6. Sunwing pilots are celebrating news the company has decided to abandon its intention to use the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to boost staffing levels | Sunwing backs away from intention to hire temporary foreign pilots | Unifor National 
7. Robert Half reports on employees holiday wish list | Canadian employees reveal ‘HR wish list’ for 2023 | HRD Canada (hcamag.com) 
8. Canada ranks No. 39 out of 43 countries for vacation day offering | The Best Countries for Work-Life Balance 2022 | Compare the Market 
9. A spike is reported in the numbers of journalists killed or imprisoned during 2022 | 67 journalists killed so far in 2022: IFJ demands immediate action - IFJ