Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

AlbertaGovernment

Laid off (12 mo)

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Events (12 mo)

Most recent

Feb 2024

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Layoff Activity

Stable

All-time: 459 laid off across 1 eventsBased on tracked events only — may not reflect all workforce changes

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Pattern

Provinces most affected:Alberta

Primary industry:Government

Sources

Media Report

All events link to original source articles.

Layoff Event History

February 2024

~459

jobs cut(Planned or forecast layoffs)

Alberta

The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo announced plans to eliminate 459 positions in February 2024, but cancelled the layoffs a month later after public protests and outrage. An arbitrator later ruled that former CAO Henry Hunter handled the layoff plans with a 'shoot first, aim later' approach and that the process 'amounted to bullying.'

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