December 19, 2022

In this episode: employment updates from Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario, the latest reports from Robert Half about turnover drivers, and from LifeWorks about inclusion in the workplace, and other topics. Stay with us to get the latest HR updates.

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1. Alberta is adding 80 apprenticeship seats in skilled trades at Northwestern Polytechnic | Growing apprenticeship spaces in northern Alberta | alberta.ca 
2. Manitoba met with hundreds of qualified international candidates in person and thousands more online at job recruitment fairs in France and Morocco | Province of Manitoba | News Releases | Manitoba Government Promotes Province as Immigration Destination at International Job Recruitment Fair 
3. The Ontario government is launching a first-of-its-kind program to make free naloxone kits and training available at workplaces where there is a risk of staff witnessing or experiencing an opioid overdose | Ontario Providing Free Naloxone Kits in Workplaces | Ontario Newsroom 
4. ONIWG has filed a court application challenging the WSIB cost-of-living adjustment for 2022 | Media-Release-ONIWG-vs-WSIB-COLA_2022.pdf (injuredworkersonline.org) 
5. Federal public servants will be required to return to the office for two or three days a week | Sending public servants back to the office could create logistical nightmare, warns union boss | Ottawa Citizen; Public service: Federal public servants must return to office two or three days a week | CTV News 
6. The latest reports from Robert Half about turnover drivers | Canadians with disabilities more likely to report their organization does not value diversity and inclusion | LifeWorks
7. The latest report from LifeWorks about inclusion in the workplace | Half of Canadian Workers Plan to Look for a New Position in the New Year (roberthalf.ca)