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If you walk into the Pet Grocer store in Alliston, Ont., on any given day, the odds are high that you’ll find owner Jennifer Newark behind the till. If she’s not there, she’s likely sitting behind her desk running the specialty pet…

An ASX-listed mega building company is laying off 10 per cent of staff as the construction industry teeters amid tough market conditions. On Tuesday, Melbourne-based residential builder Simonds Group put out an ASX announcement with vague…

More Australians have lost their jobs in a fresh wave of redundancies as another consulting firm delivered tough news to a handful of employees. Financial and engineering company Aurecon, which has 15 offices in Australia including in most…

The skyrocketing cost of living, higher interest rates and disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has the global economy on a knife edge where it could tip into recession, the World Bank has warned.In a new report, it said the…

Canadian workers faced an uphill battle trying to keep pace with inflation in 2022, jobs figures show, a struggle that experts say forces hard decisions for low-income workers who aren’t making a living wage. Statistics Canada’s…

There are now 7.3 million families in Australia, with more of them led by same-sex couples and single mothers than ever before, according to new data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.There are 7.3 million families in…

Most Canadian businesses expect to grow their payrolls over the next 12 months even as they brace for a possible recession, according to a survey from the Bank of Canada. The central bank’s third quarter Business Outlook Survey…