job loss

Out of sight, out of mind, out of job: The reality of job protection while on maternity or parental leave

April 27, 2009




If you think your job is safe while you are on maternity or parental leave, think again. In good economic times, when companies were hiring people right, left and centre, it may not have been easy for them to let go of someone who was pregnant or who was on maternity leave without it being [...]

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Of SUVs and manufacturing…

July 20, 2008




Our children will inherit a different world from the one we grew up in. And today was a reminder of that. Over the past few decades, the North American economy has been shifting further towards a service-based economy. Manufacturing jobs are being moved overseas and as a result, factories in Canada and the United States [...]

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