Amid the sluggish economy, Canadian employers remain cautious, planning only moderate base salary increases next year, The Conference Board of Canada projects. Average increases for non-unionized workers will likely be 2.6%. Read: Unemployment inches up to 7.1% in September The lowest average increases for non-unionized employees are expected in British Columbia (2.3%) and Alberta (2.4%). […]
When Morgane Oger started her gender transition several years ago, she couldn’t find work in her preferred field—freelance IT consulting. “Nobody wanted to hire a transgender person in early transition,” she recalls. “There was a two-year period when I was untouchable.”
So many foreign investors, Iran has been a four-letter word for more than three decades, and the hard-line state has long had a hard time attracting foreign cash.
David Heather describes Cisco's reverse mentoring and flexible work schedules.
So you want to help your child get a good education…but you also need to make sure you retire on track. Which priority should come first? Here’s how you can balance your child’s needs with yours.
Canada’s officially in a recession, the loonie remains weak, and the debate about boosting the public pension system is still raging. What do decision-makers have to say about all that?
Look around your office. How many people are answering emails or checking Facebook while they’re supposed to be working on something else?
It’s a concept large companies are now familiar with: employees’ mental health has a direct impact on morale and productivity. While at least some large Canadian employers have started adopting mental health strategies in recent years, small and mid-size companies are lagging behind. This needs to change, Ontario Minister of Labour Kevin Daniel Flynn said […]
Despite an expected rise in U.S. interest rates, obscure or dangerous frontier markets can be a good way to get extra bond yields
I recently watched U.K.-based CNN anchor Hala Gorani—born in the U.S. to Syrian parents and raised in Algeria and France—give a graduation speech at George Mason University. Part of it was about how her otherness has helped her produce award-winning Middle East coverage.