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A Crisis at Work

There’s more than enough chaos going on in the world right now. But amidst the coronavirus crisis, a couple of trends in the world of work are becoming more important.

We have been told for years that (more…)

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Posted in activism, business, fact checking, government, labor, labour, law, organizations, work, workplace and tagged benefits, business, coronavirus, COVID-19, employment, fact checking, government, labor, labour, law, organizations, pay, sick leave, work, workplace on March 19, 2020 by Fiona McQuarrie. Leave a comment

More on Public Sector Sick Days “Abuse”

A few months ago I wrote about the Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s completely unsupported allegations of rampant sick day “abuse” by British Columbia’s public sector workers. Sadly, similar accusations have also been flying around (more…)

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Posted in business, fact checking, government, industrial relations, labor relations, labour relations, law, media, organizations, research, unions, work, workplace and tagged business, Canada, fact checking, federal government, government, industrial relations, labor, labor relations, labour, labour relations, media, organizations, public sector, sick leave, work, workplace on February 7, 2014 by Fiona McQuarrie. Leave a comment

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