Manitoba is set to have the lowest minimum wage in Canada this fall. Saskatchewan has announced it will raise its minimum to $13 an hour in October, and to $15 an hour two years later. Manitoba raises its wage according to inflation, and has said it will increase in October to $12.35 an hour from[…]
Restaurants across Manitoba have a lot of job openings but can’t find enough people to fill them. Thomas Schneider, owner of Tommy’s Pizzeria, is currently open limited hours while he looks for workers. “We’re only open Tuesday to Saturday but I would love to be open Tuesday to Sunday,” Schneider said. “I would love[…]
A new survey says less than 40 per cent of Manitoba civil servants feel as though they are valued employees. The 2018 employment engagement survey shows a significant decline in the number of people feeling satisfied with their departments and their work since the last survey in 2015. Many employees in the survey say government[…]
[ad_1] More public-sector job cuts appear to be coming in Manitoba and a long-standing ban on civil service layoffs is about to expire. Premier Brian Pallister, in his third year of a promise to eliminate the deficit by 2024, says he is not planning any large-scale layoffs, but some trimming remains to be done, largely[…]