Survey Reveals Employers Struggle with Mandatory Return-to-Office Policies

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May 24, 2023 Canadian HR Reporter   According to recent research, employers all around the world are losing staff after requiring them to return to work.   According to Unispace, a strategy, design, and construction organization, more than seven in ten (72%) of companies globally have compulsory office returns, and 50% of the global workforce […]

Trucking Company Ordered to Rehire Alcoholic Driver Fired for being Drunk on the Job

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August 1, 2023 from Western Standard   A trucking business in Quebec has been ordered to reinstate a driver who was fired after she had at least nine beers before losing control of her truck on a Pennsylvania highway.   “The evening of the accident, she needed to consume,” stated Quebec Arbitration Tribunal (QAT) adjudicator […]

AI Outperforms Humans in Identifying Strokes

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May 26, 2023 from Medscape   A new study demonstrates that an artificial intelligence (AI) technology outperforms human call takers in identifying stroke victims from calls to the emergency services.   The AI model had a greater positive predictive value—a measure of the percentage of anticipated positive cases that are actually positive—than the human phone […]

Large Employers Requiring Return to Work

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May 6, 2023 from CBC News   There are numerous indications that the economy is recovering from the epidemic, including a robust employment market and the World Health Organisation officially reducing COVID-19’s position as a global health emergency.   However, the best example may be in Canada’s empty downtown center with the sight of millions […]