Reading Time: 3 minutes Lack of product, higher supply costs, labour disruptions and working from home have all damaged businesses
Tag: Labour
Women still facing barriers to careers in skilled trades
Reading Time: 3 minutes Why is change so slow?
Finding work in a pandemic
Reading Time: 3 minutes Offer to do what needs to be done on a contract basis. Since there’s no long-term commitment, it’s easier for the employer to agree
Longer bereavement leave needed for employees: study
Reading Time: 5 minutes Outdated Canadian labour laws need to reflect new evidence on how deeply grief affects us, says U of A researcher
Is it time to walk away from trade with China?
Reading Time: 4 minutes If China wants to keep trading with the West, it needs to do something about the living standards of its working people
Olivia de Havilland was more than an actress
Reading Time: 4 minutes She played two off-screen roles that took courage and independence. She was, to put it simply, a woman of genuine substance.
Unions fail to measure up in a time of economic crisis
Reading Time: 3 minutes By reducing business profits, unionization ultimately makes workers worse off, diminishing employment and wages
Investing in green future easier said than done for Alberta
Reading Time: 4 minutes Capitalizing on an educated workforce and taking a hard look at taxation would help the province diversify its post-pandemic economy, according to U of A experts
Dammit Jim! Where’s the waiter?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The use of robots can make the restaurant sector more robust financially and more secure from a public health perspective
How robots could help injured workers recover
Reading Time: 3 minutes Training robots to guide people through tasks could improve return-to-work evaluations and treatment: U of A researchers