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On-Duty Texting Giving Employers a Headache
The RCMP have launched a crackdown on drivers operating cellular telephones and a Toronto bus driver was allegedly…
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Distinguishing Your Disability Management System
Have you ever come across two disability management cases that were exactly the same? No, I haven’t either.…
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Facebook: The New Office Water Cooler
With social media, our daily montage of comments, observations, celebrations, drunken debauchery, frustrations, relationship woes and what we…
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Protecting Mental Health of Workers Pays Off
Few employers today will argue the importance of their employees’ physical safety, whether in the form of hard…
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A New Buzz for Teams
It’s time for a new buzzword. Rather than “building teams”, Harvard business professor Amy Edmonson says we’ve moved…
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Learning: Personalizing the Value Proposition
Difficult economic times has put a spotlight on all expenses in our organizations, including conferences and training. Recognizing…
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Keeping Workers at Work: Managing Absenteeism in the Workplace
Persistent or excessive absenteeism is one of the most common and frustrating issues faced by employers.
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A Futurist’s Perspective: 10 Things to Know About the Next 10 Years (Part Three)
Leading forecaster and futurist Richard Worzel is a plenary speaker at BC HRMA’s 49th Annual Conference. In this…
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Are Your Employees a Liability?
A recent family vacation in Hawaii gave me a reason to think about liability waivers. What I thought…
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A Futurist’s Perspective: 10 Things to Know About the Next 10 Years (Part One – Three)
Leading forecaster and futurist Richard Worzel is a plenary speaker at BC HRMA’s 49th Annual Conference. In this…
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Gender Gap Diminishing in Dollar Differential
A recent Statistics Canada report examined the decline of wage gaps between men and women in the labour…
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Properly Implemented Employment Contracts Save Money
January is a great time of year for employers to focus on the basics of the employment relationship.…