Summer 2008
	Fredericton Police Force pilots job sharing program to attract and retain workers
	Offering 24 hours of daycare service in Bathurst
	Partner Profile - Employment Counseling Services
	Partners Building Futures is building dreams and jobs
	Marsha Clark enjoys the creativity with cabinet making
	Mentor’s Corner - Lunch time wage gap kiosks in francophone high schools

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Fredericton Police Force pilots job sharing program to attract and retain workers

Andrea Joyce enjoys job sharing at the Fredericton Police Force.

Are two heads really better than one? Last fall, the Fredericton Police Force decided it would look into this by introducing a pilot job sharing program. “The program was proposed as an initiative from one of our members,” says Bobbi Simmons, corporal in charge of training and media. Before the program even took place, it was essential that both the police force and the union supported the initiative, and both agreed to explore it further. >> read more

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What's New?

• Wage Gap Action Plan scholarship recipients announced
• Progress being made in reducing New Brunswick's wage gap
• Progress Report on New Brunswick’s Five Year Wage Gap Action Plan - Spring 2008 (PDF)
• High school skilled trades and technology programs to be improved (anglophone sector)
• Apprenticeship E-Newsletter Spring 2008 (PDF)
• Reducing Work–Life Conflict: What Works? What Doesn’t? (PDF)
• Visit the newly re-vamped JobQuality website.
• The Labour Market Information Monthly (June 2008 - PDF)

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