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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Phoenix payroll debacle and the incorporation thesis

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In February 2016, the federal government rolled out the Phoenix Payroll system for a significant portion of the federal public service (ab...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

Labour & Pop Culture: White Collar Hollar

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This week’s installment of Labour & Pop Culture is “White Collar Hollar” by Stan Rogers. The song is sung as a field holler (sometimes...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Why might an employer fight a losing grievance?

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I was recently involved in a discipline arbitration on the union side. The grievance centred on the employer failing to provide particular...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Labour & Pop Culture: Working Class Man

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This week’s installment of Labour & Pop Culture is “Working Class Man” by Jimmy Barnes. This song was written by Journey’s Jonathan Ca...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Mandatory flu shots for health-care workers?

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A perennial OHS issue is whether or not health-care workers (HCWs) should be compelled to get an annual flu shot. Paula Simons tackled th...
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Friday, January 13, 2017

Labour & Pop Culture: Dirty Hands

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This week’s installment of Labour & Pop Culture is the Battlestar Galactica episode “Dirty Hands”. I recently coauthored a paper on th...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

News round-up: Farm WCB, child labour, and dead workers

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A few interesting things went down last week in Alberta labour issues. The government announced the results of the first full year of mand...