Human Resources & Education

Letting an employee ignore a co-worker they don’t care for can be more harmful to the targeted person than outright bullying, according to a new study from the University of B.C.

The Peace Region’s MP says his government's moratorium on temporary foreign workers in the fast food industry could be lifted by early June.

A former temporary foreign worker-turned-immigration consultant says the federal government's recent moratorium on the program has left many of the region's Filipino workers in limbo.

Summer is just around the corner, which means vacation time for many Canadians. But British Columbians don’t appear to be taking as much time off as employees in other provinces.

A Canadian union is calling for existing temporary foreign workers to be allowed to stay in Canada as immigrants, as well as a complete overhaul of the controversial program.

No mentoring program existed at the University of B.C. (UBC) when Carmen Lee was studying political science in the 1990s and early 2000s.

A newcomer to the restaurant scene wants to turn the industry upside down by doing away with tipping — likely the first in Canada to do so.

Most B.C. businesses hiring temporary foreign workers (TFW) are seeking low-skilled employees for jobs in urban centres, according to a new website that maps out the distribution of companies approved for the controversial program.

While most employees report spending more time at work than in the past, fewer are taking the breaks they need to reenergize themselves to make them more productive, according to a May 7 report released by office supply giant Staples.

Overhaul the TFWP to promote worker rights, not employer abuses. The utter lack of transparency on the part of employers using the program is a major flaw