A worker walks into Orchard Villa Retirement Centre on Mother’s Day, May 10, 2020, in Pickering, Canada. Cole Burston/Getty Images Ottawa should establish national rules and provide significant funding for long-term care to ensure high standards and avoid a repeat of the COVID-19 crisis in nursing homes, a group of 10 sector experts recommends. In…
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for bosses to be able to extend flexible COVID-19 arrangements to allow full-time workers to work for reduced hours and reduced pay to protect jobs.As the Morrison Government prepares to announce the fate of the JobKeeper payment next month, the Prime Minister said workplace flexibility was shaping up as…
Irish households are being asked to shine a light out of their home windows on Saturday at 9pm, as part of a national tribute to those who have died or have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and to frontline workers responding to the outbreak. The #ShineYourLight campaign is similar to a previous effort to encourage…
