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Aug 26, 2024 | 
benefitsandpensionsmonitor.com | Stacy Thomas
CN and CPKC face binding arbitration By Aug 26, 2024 The Canadian government has intervened to bring an end to a nationwide rail strike, a move that will impact businesses, workers, and communities across the country. CN rail workers are currently heading back to work, while the CPKC stoppage continues, pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the union said.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
benefitsandpensionsmonitor.com | Stacy Thomas
Survey finds many workers too busy, stressed to take time off — which is why employers should keep in mind labour demands, says Canadian academic By Jun 07, 2024 A recent survey of almost 3,000 full-time employees in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. found an apparent contradiction: most employees want summer flexibility – but most of them are too stressed or too busy to use it.
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Feb 20, 2024 | 
nature.com | Il-Kyu Kim |Jeffrey Lin |Stacy Thomas |Takeshi Katsuda |John W. Tobias |Robert H Vonderheide
AbstractAcquired resistance to immunotherapy remains a critical yet incompletely understood biological mechanism. Here, using a mouse model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) to study tumor relapse following immunotherapy-induced responses, we find that resistance is reproducibly associated with an epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), with EMT-transcription factors ZEB1 and SNAIL functioning as master genetic and epigenetic regulators of this effect.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
benefitsandpensionsmonitor.com | Stacy Thomas
'Now that we live and cross borders so much, it would be easier if we had a documentation system built on this kind of borderlessness': blockchain academic By Jan 29, 2024 When speaking about blockchain technology, Hjalmar Turesson cites his own experience coming to Canada as an example of how useful the fledgling technology could be.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
benefitsandpensionsmonitor.com | Stacy Thomas
StatsCan data shows employees divided on where they want to work By Jan 25, 2024 A new report released this week from Statistics Canada (StatsCan) revealed that although the number of employees working mostly from home is returning to pre-pandemic levels, employers are still facing challenges in meeting diverse employee preferences.
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Jan 19, 2024 | 
benefitsandpensionsmonitor.com | Stacy Thomas
AI tech 'helps us know where to dig in the most to have meaningful conversations': Lehua Stonebraker of SmartRecruiters By Jan 19, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming an indispensable tool for HR professionals who use the technology to help them identify, sort and even vet potential employees before they get to the interview phase.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
benefitsandpensionsmonitor.com | Stacy Thomas
Bonuses 'a much broader category than I think a lot of human resources managers are aware of' By Dec 15, 2023 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is under scrutiny recently, as the federal broadcaster announced drastic job cuts last week, at the same time as it prepares to award annual bonuses to executives. CBC CEO Catherine Tait said that executive bonuses, including her own which could be up to $120,000 on top of her six-figure salary, had not yet been discounted.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
benefitsandpensionsmonitor.com | Stacy Thomas
'HR has a role to play' in pay transparency laws: pay equity PhD By Dec 06, 2023 Pay transparency legislation is becoming more prevalent in Canada and elsewhere around the world as governments are attempting to address pay gaps due to gender and other factors. But the legislation has “no teeth” say opponents to the laws, as they don’t actually enforce pay equity.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
benefitsandpensionsmonitor.com | Stacy Thomas
Latest amendments to Working for Workers Act 'put more teeth' into Ontario legislation By Nov 07, 2023 The latest iteration of Ontario’s Working for Worker’s Act was passed on Oct. 26, expanding on “worker-friendly” laws already put in place by earlier bills adopted in 2021 and 2022. While not significantly different, the new amendments “put more teeth” into the existing legislation, according to one expert.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
hcamag.com | Stacy Thomas
Lean In researcher and Stanford scholar talks about how the 'broken rung' is tripping up early career women in the corporate pipeline
Lean In and McKinsey released the annual Women in the Workplace report, revealing a misconception around where women are being held back from C-suite positions.
