Social Security checks for October will be issued soon and could be hundreds of dollars bigger for some recipients. Checks are generally issued starting on the second Wednesday of each month, depending on your birthday. Those born in the first ten days of a month will receive this month’s Social Security checks on October 9. … Read more
The head of the Air Canada pilots union says she’ll step down if members opt not to approve a tentative deal with the airline, raising the stakes as aviators mull whether to accept hefty salary gains or drive an even harder bargain. Charlene Hudy, who chairs the Air Canada contingent of the Air Line Pilots … Read more
MrBeast is accused of creating “unsafe” employment conditions, including sexual harassment, and misrepresenting contestants’ odds at winning his new Amazon reality show’s $5-million US grand prize n a lawsuit filed Tuesday by five unnamed participants. The filing alleges that the multimillion-dollar company behind YouTube’s most popular channel failed to provide minimum wages, overtime pay, uninterrupted … Read more
Chipotle moved an automated bowl-and-salad maker and an avocado-processing robot out of its test kitchen and into a couple of locations in California. The chain announced the deployment on Monday and said feedback will determine whether it makes a broader rollout of the technology. Both locations are in California, where all fast food chains must pay $20 an hour … Read more
The massive electric vehicle battery plant in southwestern Ontario should produce its first module this month as the project looks to hire another 200 employees before the end of the year. Windsor’s NextStar Energy plant, expected to be the first facility of its kind to begin production in Canada, will eventually employ 2,500 people and spur a supply … Read more
Air Canada said Thursday the federal government will need to step in and block pilots from striking if the two sides can’t reach a deal, warning that job action would disrupt travel plans for least 110,000 travellers every day. A statement from the company said talks with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents 5,200 pilots at … Read more
A decision obliging more than 9,000 Canadian rail workers to stay on the job is a win for the railways and could impact bargaining in other federally regulated sectors like aviation, the head of a Canadian rail workers’ union told Reuters. Paul Boucher, president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, also said the union would … Read more
Canada will freeze the approval of new temporary foreign workers in low-wage jobs in the Montreal area starting in September, CBC News has learned. A senior government source said the processing of Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications will be suspended for six months, starting on Sept. 3, for job offers with wages below $27.47 per hour … Read more
Under the new system, China’s 8 million civil servants and 32 million employees of public institutions must pay 8 per cent of their salaries into the pension scheme, while their employers contribute 20 per cent. Previously, public sector workers did not have to make any contributions and were paid up to 80 per cent of … Read more
For the first time, Canada’s two main railway companies — Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City — are on the verge of a simultaneous labour stoppage that could inflict billions of dollars’ worth of economic damage. Why are both companies poised to stop? Contract talks between the Teamsters union and the companies usually take place … Read more
