Calgary council moves to bring back student summer job program – Calgary

Calgary council moves to bring back student summer job program – Calgary

in Mar 04, 2019

[ad_1] Calgary’s city council has voted to restore funding to a program to that hires students for summer employment at the city. As a cost-cutting measure, $1.3 million was saved between 2016 to 2019 by not having the summer jobs program, which hired about 100 students each summer. Ward 11 Coun. Jeromy Farkas — who[…]

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Calgary needs $10M to prepare for new NDP workers compensation law – Calgary

Calgary needs $10M to prepare for new NDP workers compensation law – Calgary

in Feb 12, 2019

[ad_1] The City of Calgary has saved nearly $60 million in the workplace by cutting down on jobs and streamlining efficiency, but new provincial legislation may throw off the city’s streamlined system. The Alberta NDP has introduced Bill 30 and now employers must provide suitable, alternative jobs within 3 days for an employee who is[…]

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2018 Year in Review: Mayor Nenshi on the economy, energy sector, jobs and cannabis – Calgary

2018 Year in Review: Mayor Nenshi on the economy, energy sector, jobs and cannabis – Calgary

in Jan 02, 2019

[ad_1] Global’s Dallas Flexhaug sits down with Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi for a look back at 2018 and a look ahead to 2019. Nenshi says the beginning of 2018 was looking promising for Calgary’s economy but that in the last quarter things “took a U-turn” for the worse. He says quality job creation and investing[…]

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