New survey data shines light on the extent and impacts of precarious employment in BC : Policy Note
Apr 13, 2023 By Iglika Ivanova and Kendra Strauss The rise of the “gig economy” and on-demand work through online platforms like Uber and Skip the Dishes has ignited public…
Biden Will Expand Health Care Access for DACA Immigrants
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday said his administration would expand health care coverage for nearly 600,000 immigrants who were brought to the country as children and are protected from…
Gaslighting in academic medicine: where anti-Black racism lives
KEY POINTS Institutional betrayal is a phenomenon in which institutions uphold anti-Black racism by explaining it away as other phenomena, thereby betraying Black members of an organization who bring forth…
Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear appeal involving private health care. Why?
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a British Columbia law intended to preserve public health care through…
Australia’s Surge in Employment Opens Door to Further Rate Hike
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Australia’s employment growth surpassed expectations for a second straight month in March, underscoring the economy’s resilience and bolstering the case for the Reserve Bank to…
US adults with post-COVID-19 condition more likely to face healthcare access and affordability challenges
In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the challenges faced by adults in the United States (U.S.) between the ages of 18 and 64…
Healthcare inequity is ‘inhumane,’ says a leading academic physician
Dr. Wayne J. Riley hasn’t forgotten the hard years when African American physicians, including his own father, Dr. Emile Edward Riley, struggled to establish medical practices in the face of…
Healthcare Employer and Employee Costs in 2023
Employee health insurance benefits are a must-have for many workers. Nearly 50% of Americans receive health insurance benefits through an employer, according to eHealth and the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).…
Health-care in Canada: B.C. to mandate nurse-to-patient ratios
In what’s being touted as a Canadian first, B.C. will introduce mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios throughout the province’s health-care system. The move was announced Tuesday by Premier David Eby…
Jobs and inflation plus other letters, April 13: ‘If minimum wage has no impact on employment levels, why don’t we just raise it to $35 or $50 per hour?’
A worker stocks the shelves at a Walmart store on Jan. 24.Joe Raedle/Getty Images Priorities Re “Using immigration to fill vacant, lower-skilled jobs is not sound economic policy” (Report on…