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Male sexual harassment is not
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Six signs your boss is just not that into you
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Lose the doughnuts
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Jobboom Index
Québec 48,3 %
Employment situation
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Flu season isn't over
H1N1 was a calamity for Canadian employers who lost 30 million work hours and paid 8.6 million hours of overtime in November. Presenteeism is overrated and now companies are asking any employees with flu-like symptoms to stay home. However, calling in sick on blue Monday, officially the most depressing day of the year, may have raised your boss’s eyebrow.
Have you called in sick this flu season?
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Media Watch
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Newsworthy
Male sexual harassment is not a joke
Increasingly, male employees are claiming they’re victims of sexual harassment in their workplaces, aggressions coming from both men and women.
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Workplace challenges
Six signs your boss is just not that into you
There’s a new career guide that reads like a dating manual. If a boss doesn’t do these little things, perhaps, they’re just not that into you.
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Opinion
Lose the doughnuts
Police officers must be in shape to catch criminals on the run. Yet, the challenge remains finding time to work out while avoiding excuses.
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Have you called in sick this flu season?
- Yes, I had flu-like symptoms but was back to work the next day
- Yes, I had H1N1 and took several days to recover
- Yes, I faked my illness for a long weekend off
- No, I went to work despite my flu-like symptoms
- No, I never get sick
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Fun jobs
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Black robes for a green world
Environmental issues are all over the news, keeping a growing battalion of eco-lawyers extremely busy. It’s definitely not good news for the planet, but environmental lawyers are thriving. There’s a lot of work to be done in this relatively new and rapidly growing field.
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