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Employment
Summerland the next municipality to test a four-day work week
The District of Summerland is piloting a four-day work week for the next 18 months…
Former Kelowna RCMP officer suing after job offer nixed
A Kelowna RCMP officer who purposely opted to take a medical discharge so he could…
Former WFN employee sues after he was blocked from taking parental leave
A former Westbank First Nation employee has launched a civil suit against the Band after…
Employer-paid sick days will not be rising from five to 15 in B.C.
The provincial government is under pressure to triple the number of employer-paid sick days from…
B.C. union loses fight over lumber mill’s new fingerprint time clock
A B.C. union has lost a fight against a lumber mill that started using fingerprint…
No telling when Tolko’s Armstrong mill will re-open
Mill workers at the Tolko Industries plant in Armstrong are getting an extended Christmas break…
Kelowna’s workforce growing rapidly and getting more tech savvy
The number of working-aged people in Kelowna grew five times faster than the rest of…
Job growth rate in Thompson-Okanagan below provincial average
B.C. added 70,000 new jobs from September 2021 to September 2022, an increase of 2.6%…
Blood lab permanently closes in Vernon due to staffing shortages
A Vernon blood collection lab has permanently closed after challenges recruiting medical lab assistants. The lab,…
Young Canadian workers switching from service industry to tech: survey
A new survey shows that dramatic declines in service sector workers are echoed by major…
Most B.C. workers would rather quit than return to the office permanently: Poll
More than half of British Columbians who worked from home during the pandemic say they'll…
Job vacancy numbers getting worse in Thompson-Okanagan
Accommodation and food services lead the way with the highest ratio of job shortages in…
B.C. woman wins $78K after employer fires her while on maternity leave
A B.C. woman has won $78,600 in a Human Rights Tribunal dispute after she was…