January 9, 2023

In this episode: the latest employment numbers from Indeed and Statistics Canada, more job cuts in the tech sector, new bill to restrict child labour in Quebec, CIBC’s overtime settlement and other topics. Stay with us to get the latest HR updates.

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1. Indeed reports that the Canadian labour market was fairly steady in the fourth quarter of 2022. It is still in strong shape, with both the unemployment rate and layoffs staying low | Canadian Labour Market Update: Fourth Quarter 2022 (hiringlab.org) 
2. Canada added 104,000 jobs in December 2022 and other updates | The Daily — Labour Force Survey, December 2022 (statcan.gc.ca) 
3. Canada marks record-breaking year for processing immigration applications | Canada marks record-breaking year for processing immigration applications - Canada.ca 
4. Quebec is the only province in Canada without a minimum age to enter the workforce.  This is going to change with a new bill restricting employment to children | Child labour restrictions expected in Quebec this year | Canadian Occupational Safety (thesafetymag.com) 
5. Federal public workers will be required to return to the office part-time by January 16 | PSAC to file Labour Board complaint over flawed hybrid work plan  | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca) 
6. CIBC has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging systemic unpaid overtime of retail branch employees | CIBC to pay out $153 million in proposed class-action settlement over unpaid overtime (yahoo.com)
7. Salesforce Inc. plans to cut its workforce by 10 per cent and close some offices, saying it needs to cut costs after the rapid pandemic hiring left it with “too many people” amid an economic slowdown | Salesforce plans to cut staff by 10% in latest tech layoffs - National | Globalnews.ca | Amazon to cut 18,000 jobs as tech layoffs continue (yahoo.com) 
8.  Shopify is conducting a “calendar purge,” removing all recurring meetings with more than two people while enforcing a rule that no meetings can be held on Wednesdays | Shopify Tells Employees to Just Say No to Meetings (yahoo.com)