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Unifor withdraws application to represent workers at two Vancouver-area Amazon facilities

lbailey — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:00:25 +0000

Unifor is temporarily withdrawing its applications to represent workers at two Vancouver-area Amazon facilities, accusing the e-commerce giant of providing a “suspiciously high” employee count. The union announced last week it had filed two applications with the B.C. Labour Relations Board to represent workers at fulfilment centres in New Westminster and Delta. “We’re not going […]

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Unifor applies to represent two Amazon fulfilment centres in Metro Vancouver

lbailey — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:00:06 +0000

Unifor has filed two applications with the B.C. Labour Relations Board to represent Amazon.com Inc. workers in New Westminster and Delta, B.C. “Workers at Amazon are seeking job security, health and safety and fair wages,” said Lana Payne, the union’s national president, in a press release. The union first announced a drive for Amazon workers in Metro […]

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Q&A with Amazon Canada’s Jane Standing

bwolfe — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:51:47 +0000

The technology company’s senior benefits consultant on employee well-being, the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion and bikes races in Western Canada. Q: What top challenges do you face in your role? A: Although there can be day-to-day challenges supporting our employees across Canada, Amazon continues to support the increased needs created by the coronavirus […]

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Top 5 HR, benefits and pension stories of the week

bwolfe — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 13:00:39 +0000

An article on how Scotiabank is supporting employee financial well-being was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. Scotiabank supporting employee financial well-being with pension info sessions 2. Expert panel: The future of work is flexible, prioritizes employee mental health 3. Canadian pension funds calling […]

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Amazon open to more remote work post-pandemic

mdunne — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:00:55 +0000

Amazon.com Inc. is allowing many technology and corporate employees to continue working remotely indefinitely, as long as they can commute to the office when necessary. The new policy was announced in a blog post earlier this week. It’s a marked change from Amazon’s previous expectation that most employees would need to be in the office at […]

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Amazon beefing up benefits, pay in North America amid tight labour market

bwolfe — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 19:00:40 +0000

Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its education benefits to cover college tuition expenses for frontline workers in the U.S. The benefit is available to U.S. employees after three months with the company, according to a press release, which noted the program also assists employees obtaining high school diplomas as well as certificates for general education development […]

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Amazon launching employee health programs in Canada

bwolfe — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:00:04 +0000

Amazon.com Inc. is launching a digital health-care platform for its Canadian employees. The My Wellbeing platform provides employees with access to a range of health-care resources — including virtual physiotherapy sessions, a virtual gym, mental-health support and mindfulness sessions — according to a press release, which noted the platform runs targeted well-being campaigns and challenges […]

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Amazon allowing remote work two days per week post-pandemic

mdunne — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 19:00:10 +0000

Amazon.com Inc. is allowing its corporate and technology employees to continue working remotely, even after the coronavirus pandemic restrictions start to lift soon across the U.S. The retail giant said those employees can work remotely two days a week and three days days in the office. In addition, they can work remotely from a domestic […]

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Does time of day impact financial market returns?

mschmit — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 08:25:48 +0000

While many drivers can influence stock market returns, it turns out the time of the day may play an important role. In particular, the four hours around the time Asian markets close and European markets open account for the entire market returns when looking at E-mini S&P 500 futures, according to the paper by Dmitriy […]

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Millennials and the Rise of Amazon

mschmit — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 07:55:20 +0000

How a generation has shaped the new economy.

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