Social media company X—formerly Twitter—is facing two federal class-action lawsuits claiming it failed to pay severance benefits after Elon Musk took over as CEO and implemented mass layoffs. The first lawsuit, filed on... Read more »
Takeaway: An employee who was fired when he refused to continue working after city inspectors found numerous safety violations at the worksite was entitled to more than $7 million in damages for... Read more »
Canada does not have at-will employment. In Canada, employment relationships are governed by employment contracts, either written or implied, and various employment laws and regulations. Employers are generally required to provide reasonable... Read more »
Micro-dosing is the practice of taking small, sub-hallucinogenic doses of illegal class A psychedelic drugs such as LSD/acid and magic mushrooms. The practice of micro-dosing involves administering very small doses of these... Read more »
States reported that 221,000 workers filed for new unemployment benefits during the week ending July 22, a decrease of 7,000 from last week’s unrevised level. The unemployment rate edged down to 3.6... Read more »
Learning how to prevent—or deal with—burnout is an important lesson for U.S. college students as they soon head to school for the 2023-2024 academic year. Burnout was very real for Jessica Blodgett,... Read more »
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the United Postal Service (UPS) sidestepped a potential walkout of about 330,000 package delivery drivers and package sorters after hammering out an agreement July 25, according... Read more »
Firefighters in southern Europe, northern Africa and Canada battled wildfires as extreme heat created dangerous conditions around the Northern Hemisphere for workers. We’ve gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and... Read more »
A significant number of employees are skipping out on important wellness and health checks, new research shows, a problem that only exacerbates the issue of recent declines seen in employee well-being. Roughly... Read more »
Canadian companies will tap into a larger pool of talented tech candidates in the coming months, after H-1B visa holders in the U.S. briefly had the opportunity to apply for an open... Read more »
