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With the wind down of the CERB, what income supports are available to workers who are unable to work because they are sick or need to self-isolate due to COVID-19?
With the wind down of the CERB, what income supports are available to workers who are unable to work because they have to care for a child or family member unable to attend school, day programs, or another facility?
Canadians need more accessible, affordable, inclusive, and high quality Child care
On September 10, 2020, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Labour, announced new funding of $2.5 million over two years for the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) to create more sector-specific guidance and new e-learning tools to help Canadian workplaces operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Does the Government of Canada support the application of the Charter of the French Language to federally regulated employers in Quebec?
As businesses re-open during the COVID-19 pandemic, what are the occupational health and safety considerations to resume operations safely?
On May 4, 2019, the Government of Canada published a Notice of Intent in the Part I of the Canada Gazette to seek feedback on the possibility of providing free menstrual products in federally regulated workplaces.
One of the priorities in your mandate letter is to work with the Minister of Women and Gender Equality and other ministerial colleagues to take action to ensure that federal workplaces are free from harassment and sexual violence.
The Government of Canada maintains its commitment to addressing wage gaps through the introduction of pay transparency measures for federally regulated private-sector employers subject to the Employment Equity Act (the Act).
Current status of the collective bargaining negotiations at the Port of Montréal between the MEA and the Syndicat des débardeurs, CUPE, Local 375