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Former TRU basketball coach suing for wrongful dismissal
Goran Nogic was fired from Thompson Rivers University last fall after he was accused of…
Two-tier system: Working Easter Monday unlikely to change for some
While schools, government offices, and plenty of other businesses have closed up shop for Easter…
Bullying complaint against City of Kamloops dismissed; $50K settlement reached
After the City of Kamloops filed to dismiss a complaint of harassment from a City…
More than 100 jobs up for grabs at KF Aerospace in Kelowna
Kelowna’s largest private sector employer is holding a job fair in an effort to expand…
Feds should let international students work more hours: Kamloops councillor
International students should be allowed to work more hours as local companies, particularly in the…
Clean up crew with ‘lived experience’ to patrol North Kamloops
A Kamloops business association is partnering with other organizations to recruit a garbage and graffiti…
Unions in B.C. are winning protection against spiking inflation
A tight labour market and soaring inflation is giving unions leverage at the bargaining table…
Drugs, death and denial on the job in B.C.
Vince Tournour’s obituary said it best: he loved and he was loved. Before he broke…
B.C. city ordered to pay $58K to fired worker who washed truck at public works yard
A Port Coquitlam employee has won his wrongful dismissal suit against the city after being…
Labour wants 15 days of paid sick leave but province hesitant
Less than a year after B.C. legislated five paid days off, the BC Federation of…
B.C. health-care workers are facing an epidemic of violence
Ten years after she was assaulted at work, Pam Owen still remembers her attacker’s empty…
B.C. health workers attacked, investigations bungled. Will this spur change?
Northern Health repeatedly failed to properly investigate assaults against staff, WorkSafeBC has found, something unions…
The B.C. government’s struggle to respond to the gig work world
Workers, unions and experts say B.C.’s government is dragging its feet on pledges to improve…
GIG WORK IN B.C.: Trading flexibility for uncertainty, risk and racism
CONTENT ADVISORY Kevin Park’s gig economy career as a food courier began as a research…
B.C. pro athletes want workers’ compensation for their injuries
Reid Reinholdt’s last play for the Toronto Rock ended with one goal and two fractures…