Bombardier defends CEO's absence from special meeting following 5,000 layoffs

HR Columnists

• Publisher's Desk : Todd Humber

  

  Memo to leaders: Clear your schedule to help workers during mass layoffs

  Bombardier's CEO roasted for skipping meeting for laid-off workers
• Canadian HR Law : Stuart Rudner

  

  Lying only makes it worse

  The downfall of long-time Tory politician Tony Clement can serve as a lesson for employers everywhere
• HR Policies & Practices : Brian Kreissl

  

  Hiring for technical skills versus soft skills and cultural fit

  The best approach probably lies somewhere in the middle
• Employment Law : Jeffrey R. Smith

  

  A flu shot in the dark

  Should health-care employees be required to get flu shots, or is it too much of an imposition?
• The C-Suite : Suanne Nielsen

  

  Don’t wait for the next disruption, HR – start somewhere

  Lessons from GM, Patagonia, Johnson & Johnson, SAP
• HR Guest Blog : Guest Blogger

  

  Google staff protests point to growing labour clout

  There is more at stake for businesses when workers become a scarce commodity