Human Resources & Education

Business and labour criticize Industry Training Authority, but ITA boss points to record number of certifications granted in 2011

B.C. employers must be given the tools to leverage immigrant talent to match their workforce needs, according an Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC) report.

Ottawa will help Canadian companies with skilled labour shortages by fast-tracking the process for bringing skilled foreign workers to Canada.

Canadian employees' job satisfaction levels are among the highest according to a new Randstad Workmonitor study of 32 countries.

Union members at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) have voted 87% in favour of job action, the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union , Local 378 (COPE 378) said this morning.

Labour Minister Lisa Raitt has announced an initiative presented in the federal government’s Economic Action Plan 2012 to protect employees’ long-term disability benefits.

While the B.C. unemployment rate is still a far cry from the record-breaking 4.3% of five years ago, there is a shift happening in the labour market that invokes memories of 2007 all over again. A number of industry associations in B.C. have returned to their pre-downturn rhetoric and are warning that another labour shortage is just around the corner.

Shortage of skilled labour leads to innovative recruiting programs such as scholarships for university students

Job opportunities are forcing northern employers to discuss strategies for attracting workers

Liberals take credit for 39,900 new jobs created in B.C. during the last year, but critics say the provincial government is riding a wave generated by earlier policies and socio-economic factors