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CBC/Radio-Canada Layoffs: 600 jobs or 10% of workforce being cut, programming slashed
The public broadcaster is dealing with declining ad revenue and a $125 million budget shortfall.
CBC: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at the CBC? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance…
Spotify Layoffs: 1,500 jobs being cut to ‘rightsize costs’
For the third time this year, the music streaming platform is scaling back its staffing levels.
Spotify: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at Shopify? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance pay.
Statutory Holidays in New Brunswick
Learn about statutory holidays in New Brunswick, when they occur each year, and what happens if they fall on a weekend.
MCAP: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at MCAP? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate your severance pay.
Manitoba Statutory Holidays in 2025
Find out when the Manitoba statutory holidays for provincially regulated employees are in 2025 and which holidays are optional.
RBC Layoffs: 500 jobs in capital markets division cut in Q4 2023
The bank announced in September that it was scaling back its staffing levels by "one to two per cent."…
Royal Bank of Canada: Severance Packages
Laid off or lost your job at Royal Bank of Canada? Learn about your employment rights in Canada and how to calculate…