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How is the new post-pandemic workplace working?

How is the new post-pandemic workplace working?

Office life permanently changed by pandemic? Looks likely, experts say
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Hybrid-work environment affects health, leisure time

Hybrid-work environment affects health, leisure time

Blurring lines between work, leisure, office, home has positive and negative effects
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B.C. government seeking public input on employment standards for gig workers in the ride-hailing and food-delivery sectors

B.C. government seeking public input on employment standards for gig workers in the ride-hailing and food-delivery sectors

Many of them earn less than minimum wage for a shift because they’re currently only paid for ‘active time’
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DVBIA CEO Nolan Marshall III leaves job and city

DVBIA CEO Nolan Marshall III leaves job and city

Marshall arrived in Vancouver in mid-2021 to replace retiring CEO Charles Gauthier
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How should businesses deal with employees' day-off requests during FIFA World Cup?

How should businesses deal with employees' day-off requests during FIFA World Cup?

Canada's first appearance in decades expected to spike fan enthusiasm, while games' start times in B.C. range from 7 to 11 a.m.
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Women making small gains, but still troublingly under-represented in the C-Suite

Women making small gains, but still troublingly under-represented in the C-Suite

CALGARY — It's been eight years since Canadian securities regulators instituted so-called comply-or-explain rules in an effort to increase the number of women in the nation's corporate boardrooms and executive offices.
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Employers, employees lock horns over office efficiency

Employers, employees lock horns over office efficiency

Experts divided over whether working in the office increases labour productivity
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'An adverse impact': Are you using the correct pronouns?

'An adverse impact': Are you using the correct pronouns?

Gender identity and gender expression are protected grounds under human rights legislation both provincially and federally in Canada
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Much ado about rare Shakespeare book: UBC paid $7.4M for First Folio

Much ado about rare Shakespeare book: UBC paid $7.4M for First Folio

The acquisition was announced earlier this year, but details of the payment were not released at the time
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Employee benefits firms grow after years of stagnation

Employee benefits firms grow after years of stagnation

British Columbia’s largest employee benefits com- panies are finally reporting some positive results after years of stagnation, according to data collected on Business in Vancouver ’s list of the biggest employee benefits companies in B.C. (page 14).
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