CDN HR Newswire - January 31, 2012

Jan. 31, 2012

Old Age Security unsustainable: Conservatives
Canadian HR Reporter, online
But CPP 'actuarially sound'

Canadian CEOs optimistic, predicting growth in 2012: Survey
Canadian HR Reporter, online
More than one-half expecting to increase head count

Work-life balance has greatest impact on job satisfaction
Canadian HR Reporter, online
Opportunity to learn and grow also valued: Survey

StatsCan revisions show higher December jobs growth
Canadian HR Reporter, online
Job losses less severe than originally estimated

1 in 10 U.K. workers has had sex in the office: Survey
Canadian HR Reporter, News from the Global Workplace
Office romance more appealing to men than women

Fewer U.S. firms offering perks, incentives to CEOs: Survey
Canadian HR Reporter, News from the Global Workplace
Hospitality, insurance, utilities executives seeing biggest decreases

What are we to do with OAS eligibility?
Todd Humber, Editor's Blog
Government mulls changes that could impact how long Canadians choose
to stay in the workforce

A frustrating dilemma
Jeffrey R. Smith, Employment Law
When licensing requirements change, should an employee be given a chance
to regain the license before dismissal?

10 vacation time and pay myths
Stuart Rudner, Canadian HR Law
Employment standards legislation — particulary in Ontario — makes vacation
more complicated than many employers appreciate

Making better pay decisions
Claudine Kapel, Compensation
5 common hazards can increase costs and risks

Was Steve Jobs a good leader?
Dave Crisp, Strategic HR
Odd exceptions that stretch the rule can be instructive

Do employers discriminate based on social class?
Brian Kreissl, HR Polices & Practices
Diversity should include socioeconomic considerations

A bartender's guide to leadership
Canadian HR Reporter
Helen Rothberg, a professor at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and president of consulting firm HNR Associates, spoke at a recent Strategic Capability Network (SCNetwork) event about the leadership lessons she learned while working as a bartender

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Quitting before end of notice period doesn't cancel right to damages for
inadequate notice: Court
Canadian Employment Law Today, online
Employee quit rather than working during notice period that was too short

Idle hands lead to too much surfing Subscriber-only content
Canadian Employment Law Today
Spending more than one-half of workdays surfing the Internet and looking at porn
serious but not enough for dismissal: Adjudicator

A traumatic decision? Subscriber-only content
Canadian Employment Law Today
Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal reconsiders entitlement to
traumatic stress benefits

New mobile app offers quick contractor-liability clearance in B.C.
Canadian Safety Reporter, online
Allows employers to request new clearance letters from WorkSafeBC, review existing
clearance letters from smartphones

WCB P.E.I. rolls out operational plan for 2012
Canadian Safety Reporter, online
Document looks at steps to fulfilling goals in HR, legislation

WCB Manitoba appoints new president and CEO
Canadian Safety Reporter, online
Board confident new leader "will be a great fit with WCB staff and stakeholders"

New vice-chair appointed to N.B. Appeals Tribunal
Canadian Safety Reporter, online
Jean Raymond Wade has experience with tribunals on both sides of the bench

Air Canada crew schedulers vote to strike if operations move
Canadian Labour Reporter, online
Airline plans to move scheduling operations from Montreal to Toronto

York Region Transit strike over with second ratification
Canadian Labour Reporter, online
3-month-long Ontario transit strike concludes, full service resumes Feb. 4

Toronto paramedics remain non-essential
Canadian Labour Reporter, online
City's executive board waits to make decision until after labour dispute

Teachers in B.C. upset by decision to abolish college Subscriber-only content
Canadian Labour Reporter
Structure of new regulatory agency limits role of teachers on disciplinary panels

Termination excessive for insubordination Subscriber-only content
Canadian Labour Reporter
The grievor had a personal issue with one member of management and the parties had reached an agreement regarding their interactions. When the grievor became a union official and their relationship again became hostile, the company tried to use an earlier event to support discipline. The arbitrator disagreed and reduced the termination to a suspension.

Collective agreements Subscriber-only content
Canadian Labour Reporter
The recent issue of Canadian Labour Reporter also features details on 10 collective agreements, including the City of Edmonton, Bombardier's Mirabel Tubing Centre, Extendicare and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. For a complete list of collective agreements in the recent issue, see http://www.labour-reporter.com/issue.

Nova Scotia minimum wage increasing to $10.15 on April 1
Canadian Payroll Reporter, online
$9.65 for inexperienced workers

Ontario fitness club operator and director fined $130,000 for employment
standards violations
Canadian Payroll Reporter, online
Premier Fitness Clubs pleaded guilty to failing to promptly pay 38 employees and
former employees

Payroll earnings virtually unchanged from October to November: StatsCan
Canadian Payroll Reporter, online
Average weekly hours down 0.3 per cent

Saskatchewan employer payroll statements due in February
Canadian Payroll Reporter, online
Employers can file by fax, mail, online

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Tread carefully with social media checks Subscriber-only content
Alberta's privacy commissioner issues guidelines for employers

Ontario could see spike in mental stress claims Subscriber-only content
Requirements of physical threat when granting benefits eliminated in tribunal decision

Power to the people Subscriber-only content
How Capital Power helped new hires hit the ground running with onboarding program

ALSO IN THE CURRENT ISSUE

What should employers be outsourcing?

Helping an employee through divorce

The 'gamification' of HR

Plus much more

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Browse 100s of HR-related events online
Canadian HR Reporter, online
The online calendar of events features detailed listings of upcoming events, including conferences, seminars, webinars and more in a wide range of HR disciplines, including pensions, payroll, health and safety, and employment law. Holding an event? You can list it in the online calendar for free — simply go to the calendar page and click "Add an Event."

Making Sense of Changes to Pension Legislation in Canada
The Canada Pension Plan is changing and adapting. Make sure your organization is ready
to adapt as well.
Presenter: Laurier Guimond, Senior Consultant, Canada Pension Plan Specialized Mobile
Outreach Services, Service Canada
Date: Feb. 15, 2012
Time: 12:00 — 1:00 p.m. ET
Cost: $69 + applicable taxes
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The Rise of Workplace Stress and Harassment Claims: What Employers Can Do
Dealing with workplace harassment effectively can play a big role in fighting the increasing
costs of stress claims
Presenter: David Whitten, Whitten & Lublin
Date: Feb. 22, 2012
Time: 12:00 — 1:00 p.m. ET
Cost: $69 + applicable taxes
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Recognition in the Public Sector
How public sector employers with limited budgets can achieve effective and sustained
employee recognition
Presenters: Leslie Slater, Karen Prokopec, Nisha Haji
HROntario, Ministry of Government Services
Time: On demand
Cost: $69 + applicable taxes
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Preventing Workplace Meltdown: An Employer's Guide to Maintaining a Psychologically Safe Workplace
A Carswell Implementation Guide

This book is about mental injuries in the workplace — what they are, how to
assess the risks of their occurrence, how to prevent legal liability for them and
how to create psychologically safe workplaces. Mental injury at work has become a recognized category of harm in the law over the last 15 years and every year it becomes more important for employers to understand what it is and how to prevent it. In this book, the authors combine their perspectives on the legal imperative to provide a psychologically safe work environment with strategies and stories that come from actual experiences in the field of workplace mental health.

By sharing the worst case scenario — being held legally liable for causing mental injury to an employee — along with the successful approaches used by others, you will learn what to avoid as well as practical strategies to prevent problems. About the author Order Today

Visit the Carswell Bookstore for more workplace-related titles.

HIRE AUTHORITY - JOB BOARD
The Hire Authority job board is an exclusive site for human resources positions in Canada, available for free to members of the HRPA.
Job Title	Posting Date	Job Location	Company Name
Payroll Associate	25-Jan-12	ON-KINGSTON	City Of Kingston
Talent Acquisition Specialist - Calgary	25-Jan-12	AB-CALGARY	PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
HRSC/Payroll Lead	23-Jan-12	ON-MISSISSAUGA	Sandvik Canada
Sr. Human Resources Consultant/Consultant principal en ressources humaines	26-Jan-12	ON-ANCASTER	CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES
Learning and Health & Safety Co-ordinator	24-Jan-12	ON-MARKHAM	Town of Markham
Regional Compensation and Benefits Manager - GTA	25-Jan-12	ON-TORONTO	Tamm + Kit Confidential
Manager, Human Resources & Labour Relations	25-Jan-12	ON-BARRIE	THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF SIMCOE
Human Resources Representative	23-Jan-12	ON-TORONTO	Zayouna Law Firm
Instructor	24-Jan-12	ON-TORONTO	Cestar College of Business
Director, Human Resources	25-Jan-12	ON-AURORA	MI Developments Inc.
HR Generalist & Office Administrator	26-Jan-12	ON-OTTAWA	SSI Micro Ltd.
Pension Administration Specialist	27-Jan-12	ON-TORONTO	York University
Assistant Director, People Consultant (Assurance)	25-Jan-12	ON-TORONTO	Ernst & Young LLP
HR COORDINATOR	26-Jan-12	ON-BRAMPTON	Indigo Books & Music Inc
Senior Employee & Labour Relations Advisor	27-Jan-12	ON-KITCHENER	Queen's University
Health & Safety Project Officer	23-Jan-12	ON-TORONTO	LCBO
Employment Service Officer	24-Jan-12	ON-OTTAWA	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Directeur Adjoint en Relations de Travail	24-Jan-12	QC-MONTREAL	LABATT BREWERIES.
Senior Advisor, Non-Academic Employee Relations	23-Jan-12	ON-TORONTO	York University
Benefits, Client Service Manager	23-Jan-12	ON-VAUGHAN	PDF Financial Group Inc.
Human Resources Advisor (Health and Wellness)	25-Jan-12	ON-TORONTO	Sherbourne Health Centre
Human Resources Consultant	25-Jan-12	ON-TORONTO	ING DIRECT
Labour Relations Officer	26-Jan-12	ON-BROCKVILLE	THE ROYAL OTTAWA HEALTH CARE GROUP
Corporate Human Resource Leader Baker Lake NU	27-Jan-12	NU-BAKER LAKE	Qulliq Energy
Director, Human Resources and Occupational Health Safety & Wellness	23-Jan-12	ON-TORONTO	North York General Hospital
Director of Human Resources	24-Jan-12	ON-SAULT STE. MARIE	Algoma University

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