Business

“How much do you make?” The once-taboo question is becoming increasingly common, as more workers push to normalize pay transparency — or open conversations about salary — in an effort to close gender and racial pay gaps.  Canada’s female workers make about 89 cents for every dollar earned by men. …

TikTok was handed a large fine from a regulator in Europe for past shortcomings in protecting the privacy of younger users, a development that experts say could have implications for Canadian regulators and young people using the popular platform here.  Privacy experts say Irish watchdog’s ruling could have implications in …

More than 3,000 Safeway workers at 40 Lower Mainland locations have voted in favour of strike action following eight months of contract bargaining.  On Sept. 14, 98 per cent of Safeway union members in the Lower Mainland voted in favour of a strike. More than 3,000 Safeway workers at 40 …

The trend toward digital nomadism has been growing in recent years, but saw a sharp rise after the pandemic opened the door to more flexibility at work. But that freedom to work from anywhere has created tension in some communities where the cost of living has spiked for locals.  Housing …

Nordstar, the company that owns the Toronto Star and other newspapers, announced Friday that it is seeking bankruptcy protection for the unit that owns more than 70 local newspapers and axing more than 600 jobs in the process.  Daily papers will continue to operate in print and online. Nordstar, the …

A strike by thousands of U.S. autoworkers that started Friday will have limited impact on Canada’s industry at first, but it has the potential to bring the sector to its knees if it stretches into next week or beyond, analysts say.  2 sides remain far about on just about every …

Apple pledged on Friday to update software on iPhone 12s in France to settle a dispute over radiation levels, but concerns in other European countries signalled it may have to take similar action elsewhere.  Move could clear the way for resumption of sales of the device there. Apple pledged on …

BEIJING: Chinese retail sales jumped last month, data showed on Friday, beating expectations and fueling hopes that the country’s army of consumers are returning to help kick-start the world’s No. 2 economy after an extended period of weakness. The data, which also revealed a better-than-expected lift in industrial output, is …

NEW YORK CITY: British chip designer Arm saw its share price jump 20 percent on the first day of trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York on Thursday. Arm, whose semiconductor design is used in most smartphones worldwide, announced earlier this week that it was targeting a valuation …

The United Auto Workers union said on Thursday evening that workers at three factories are set to walk off the job at midnight, setting up the most ambitious U.S. industrial labour action in decades. Union deploying first simultaneous strikes against all three major automakers in 80 years. The United Auto …