Elevate HR

10/05/2026

Gen Z job-hopping pays off with higher wages, Canadian surveys show

ADP payroll data covering 1.6 million Canadian workers shows that employees who changed employers grew their total compensation, including overtime and bonuses, by 9.6% year-over-year, compared with 4.4% for those who stayed. WTW's 2027 ...

09/22/2026

8 min

Alberta Federation of Labour and University of Calgary map the separation workforce risk

A new economic model from the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy puts firm numbers on what Alberta separation would cost the province's working population. In the report's harder scenario, roughly 1 in 10 jobs disappears within five ...

08/20/2026

7 min

Tech training is pushing burnt-out older workers to retire

Research from Memorial University of Newfoundland puts a quantified challenge in front of Canada's HR leadership: the digital upskilling programmes most commonly deployed as retention tools for older workers may, under the wrong conditions, ...

08/19/2026

6 min

Employment Equity Act: Why Canada Can't Follow US DEI Cuts

When the US administration's January 2025 executive orders dismantled federal diversity, equity and inclusion programmes in the United States, a wave of S&P 500 employers followed suit. Google, Goldman Sachs, McDonald's and Walmart publicly ...

08/18/2026

8 min

ILO warns 67 million young workers jobless as AI disrupts hiring

Sixty-seven million young people aged 15 to 24 are out of work worldwide, and the entry-level clerical and administrative roles that have historically served as career on-ramps are the occupations AI is reshaping fastest. The International Labour ...

08/18/2026

7 min

Canada opens feedback on workplace psychological safety rules

British Columbia is moving to make psychological safety an enforceable employer duty, not simply a culture aspiration. WorkSafeBC is consulting on a proposed new Part 4.1 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation that would require B.C. ...

07/06/2026

6 min

37.4 million jobs need no degree: what it means for you

You are scrolling through job listings and nearly every second posting asks for a degree you either do not have, have not finished, or completed in a field that has nothing to do with the role you want. It feels like a locked door. Recent ...

07/06/2026

6 min

PEI's Employment Standards Act now grants 27 weeks of job-protected medical leave

Prince Edward Island's Employment Standards Act has been amended to give workers up to 27 weeks of job-protected unpaid medical leave, effective 30 June, according to reporting by Benefits Canada. For a province whose workforce is concentrated in ...

07/06/2026

6 min

Mental Health Research Canada's 34% gap: what Canada HR leads must audit now

One in three Canadian workers whose mental health is affecting their performance say the disruption is bleeding directly into their ability to do the job. That is the headline finding from a Mental Health Research Canada survey of more than 4,000 ...

07/03/2026

6 min

Statistics Canada's manufacturing age gap: what it means for your pay

If you work on a Canadian factory floor, or you're weighing whether to apply to one, the person who would train you is statistically more likely to be planning their retirement than their next promotion. Statistics Canada / Statistique Canada has ...

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