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Image: HealthXchange Levitt Sheikh How an employee goes about securing a new job can get them into trouble. Employee turnover, job openings and active job seekers are par for the course in any healthy economy — but what about the
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In a recent decision on COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the workplace (Parmar v. Tribe Management Inc.), the Supreme Court of British Columbia (Court) held that an employer is entitled to place an employee on unpaid leave of absence for failing to comply with its mandatory vaccination policy.
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The City of Toronto has extended the deadline for those wishing to join the Vehicle for Hire Net Zero Working Group from October 2nd to October 9th.
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It seems that Vision Zero — as with many things — could be pulling innovators towards complex ideas that attempt to achieve the end goal in one key step. While big ideas have great value, we are all sometimes guilty of overlooking the more prosaic aspects of a problem — and a more simple idea may be the one to push us much closer to Vision Zero.
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I am trying hard to find balance in my mind between two goals set by Toronto: on-demand Accessible Taxi service for members of the disabled community, and Net-Zero emissions.
Unfortunately, it seems that as Toronto hopes to move forward toward its goal of Net-Zero emissions, the goal of on-demand Accessible Taxi service is demonstrably, measurably being pushed in reverse.
Read More(September 26/2022) The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada has shared these links: “Please see /below for information from the Atlantic Provinces, as well as information from Transport Canada providing an exemption to the Hours of Service for extra Provincial
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Currently, most drivers do not collect a letter of experience issued by an insurance company unless they need one to get added to a new policy. Some employers are not comfortable giving their drivers a letter of experience as they believe that the driver is going to use it to apply for a new job with a competitor. As such, employers tend not to offer letters of experience to their drivers unless requested.
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I’m proud of our trucking stance on this issue. One thing that is laughable is the whining about the officer over his pension repayments. I’ve been in trucking for 20+ years and still have yet to receive a single pension from the industry, so Road Warrior News commenting on issue is laughable in a sad laughing way, to most truckers……most of us will NEVER retire and have never had the luxuries of a pension in our lives due to sickening employers who would rather not pay that and still profiteer in the industry.
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This happened in Detroit in 1952. I had a few days off from my regular job as a bricklayer’s apprentice, so I thought I could make a few bucks driving a taxicab. I got a radio cab for a night and set out to make some money.
My very first customer was a good-looking young woman who wanted me to drive her to her home in a very tough neighbourhood in the middle of Old Detroit.
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