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Nov 16, 2009 Print Edition:
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Loaned employees step up for Winter Games
Secondments provide employees with once-in-a-lifetime experience
Students choose governments, high-tech firms as top employers
Most young people also keen to work for one employer for whole career: Survey
Employer sued for millions in fatal crash
Construction company should have known driver was risk: Relatives
News Briefs
Quebec backs Nortel pensions; Ontario unveils apprenticeship grants; Alberta encourages closer look at WCB
Having authority negates health benefits of higher-status positions, finds study
Employers should manage conflict, improve work-life balance to boost well-being
‘Tis the season to be liable (Legal view)
Employers that don’t mitigate liability risk at workplace parties could face cold, unhappy and litigious holiday season
Major tweaks proposed for pensions
Measures enhance protection for plan members, modernize investment rules
Shifts in power, innovation drive organizational evolution
Collaboration between firms, customers will drive success
SHRP process rigorous but worthwhile
Recipients say senior designation very rewarding, personally and professionally
Art and science to flexible staffing
Solution can be tailored to peaks and valleys of business
Payroll upgrade goes swimmingly
Swimwear manufacturer makes much-needed change to automated system, sees improvements in costs, efficiencies
Involving workers improves ergonomics
Planning, testing and feedback lead to adjustable workstations for 300 employees
Eyes on the road, hands on the wheel with Ontario’s new law
Ban on hand-held devices could mean policy changes at work
Defending the doctor’s note (Editor’s notes)
Notes act as a deterrent for those who would abuse the system
Like it or not, employers need gen-Y (Guest commentary)
Old recruitment methods won’t cut it for younger workers who grew up connected
Ontario’s workplace violence bill could use some major alterations (Guest commentary)
Provisions in Bill 168 concerning domestic violence and disclosure of information unlikely to prevent violence and apt to cause problems for employers
The best of the West – top employers
3 firms show how less expensive benefits can make employees happy
B.C. dentist puts foot in mouth after mistakenly laying off receptionist
Thought it could temporarily lay off receptionist while on medical leave
News Briefs
Sask. workers earning more than ever; Program helps provincial offenders find jobs; OH&S, employment standards charges and prosecutions now online; Number of CHRPs grows in Manitoba; HRMAM posts small surplus; Meet your HRIA board of directors; Pharmacists can give vaccine injections; Alberta looking for top employers
Manitoba touts foreign worker protection program
WRAPA ‘tremendously successful,’ according to labour and immigration minister
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Sept 20, 2010
With a special look at Relocation

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