Site Map for March 2011

Date
Title
Mar 31, 2011
Reminder: Minimum wage increase April 1
Mar 31, 2011
Saskatchewan minimum wage should be indexed to CPI: Report
Mar 31, 2011
Business leaders need to be more innovative: Survey
Mar 31, 2011
With QPP changes, many Quebec workers push retirement age upwards
Mar 31, 2011
Ontario conveyor guarding, lockout hazards blitz results
Mar 31, 2011
Employees seek frequent benefits communication
Mar 31, 2011
Jobless claims fall in U.S., labour market tone better
Mar 31, 2011
B.C. social service workers to take strike vote
Mar 30, 2011
Toronto’s transit system made an essential service
Mar 30, 2011
Agreement one step closer for divested healthcare workers
Mar 30, 2011
Skills, labour shortage looming for tech sector: Study
Mar 30, 2011
Nearly 9 out of 10 companies have corporate wellness program
Mar 30, 2011
N.L. to ban designated smoking rooms at work
Mar 30, 2011
Privacy boundaries on work computer set out by Ontario court
Mar 30, 2011
1,500 more jobs to be cut in public service: Ontario budget
Mar 30, 2011
Reminder: Minimum wage increase April 1
Mar 29, 2011
Deadline extended for employer input on human rights, mental health
Mar 29, 2011
Can’t handle the truth?
Mar 29, 2011
Website makes it easier for employers to recruit foreign skilled workers
Mar 29, 2011
Iron miners come to terms with ArcelorMittal
Mar 28, 2011
City of Winnipeg settles with inside workers
Mar 28, 2011
Cover-up of petty theft damaged relationship
Mar 28, 2011
Termination excessive for depressed worker
Mar 28, 2011
New Brunswick pension task force invites public input
Mar 28, 2011
Pension regulation changes announced
Mar 28, 2011
Ontario should mirror B.C.’s safety model (Guest commentary)
Mar 28, 2011
Wages frozen in Manitoba
Mar 28, 2011
National body for HR still needed: CCHRA
Mar 28, 2011
Firms honoured for work with skilled immigrants
Mar 28, 2011
Expats flee Middle East chaos
Mar 28, 2011
News Briefs
Mar 28, 2011
Lack of comparable earnings drives older displaced workers to retire early
Mar 28, 2011
3 things HR needs to know
Mar 28, 2011
Worker turns up heat after dip in hot tub (Legal view)
Mar 28, 2011
Deadlines pass for Que. pay equity compliance
Mar 28, 2011
Short on staff? Borrow some
Mar 28, 2011
Launching a healthy organization
Mar 28, 2011
Mix of online, face-to-face programs ensure success in orientation
Mar 28, 2011
Building the case for an EAP
Mar 28, 2011
Cracking the matrix code
Mar 28, 2011
Checking social media sites when hiring? Proceed with caution
Mar 28, 2011
Every CEO should have a daughter (Editor’s notes)
Mar 28, 2011
Knowledge transfer and succession planning (Toughest HR question)
Mar 28, 2011
Ignore front-line leaders at your peril (Guest commentary)
Mar 28, 2011
Sask. unions form coalition to square off with Crowns
Mar 28, 2011
Welcome to the HR Policies and Practices blog
Mar 28, 2011
T4A slip
Mar 28, 2011
Inquest recommends emergency system improvements after mine worker’s death
Mar 28, 2011
Yukon passes presumptive legislation for firefighters
Mar 28, 2011
Ministry of Labour workplace inspections
Mar 28, 2011
Hiring foreign workers
Mar 25, 2011
CNIB leads workshops for construction workers
Mar 25, 2011
Workers more pessimistic about retirement: Survey
Mar 25, 2011
Number of EI claimants drops
Mar 25, 2011
Time management greatest challenge for CFOs
Mar 25, 2011
Saskatchewan health workers remain without contract
Mar 24, 2011
British Columbia teachers to demand wage hike
Mar 24, 2011
Saskatchewan provincial budget
Mar 24, 2011
‘Colour code’ keeps workers out of good jobs: Study
Mar 24, 2011
Wait times shorter in Ontario, Quebec, B.C. for priority area procedures
Mar 24, 2011
Women in Canada’s news industry still face glass ceiling: Study
Mar 24, 2011
Work stress causes employees to call in sick
Mar 23, 2011
Federal commission orders review of all nuclear plants
Mar 23, 2011
Employee’s personal files on work computer private: Court
Mar 23, 2011
Fired employee not required to accept job with uncertain terms: Court
Mar 23, 2011
Employer not required to sub another day for weekend holiday
Mar 23, 2011
Employer scolded for brushing off far-fetched complaint
Mar 23, 2011
Viewing employee’s personal email on company equipment
Mar 23, 2011
Too much leave leads to employee leaving
Mar 23, 2011
U.K. economy to grow slower than hoped: Finance minister
Mar 23, 2011
Managers spend more than 6 hours per week handling staff conflicts: Survey
Mar 23, 2011
What’s in the federal budget for employers?
Mar 23, 2011
Wrongful dismissal damages for employee fired after fire upheld
Mar 23, 2011
Court dismisses charges in wake of worker’s death
Mar 23, 2011
Federal budget announced
Mar 23, 2011
New Brunswick educational assistants ratify agreement
Mar 22, 2011
Quebec provincial budget
Mar 22, 2011
Good intentions, bad feelings
Mar 22, 2011
Federal government unveils budget
Mar 22, 2011
The impact of making the TTC an essential service
Mar 22, 2011
5th Annual Immigrant Success Awards
Mar 22, 2011
Painless performance evaluations
Mar 22, 2011
Chronic pain impacts productivity, absenteeism at work: Survey
Mar 21, 2011
Management behaviours closely linked to employee engagement: Study
Mar 21, 2011
UQAM School of Management wins top prize at Excalibur
Mar 21, 2011
Interest rates for second quarter
Mar 21, 2011
B.C. community social services workers resume negotiations
Mar 21, 2011
Serious safety infraction warrants termination
Mar 21, 2011
Discretion must be consistent with contract
Mar 21, 2011
Region expands flex-time option
Mar 21, 2011
U.S. labour rights curtailed; situation ‘unlikely’ in Canada
Mar 21, 2011
All U.K. health, safety laws to be reviewed
Mar 18, 2011
Canadian inflation down slightly in February
Mar 18, 2011
Consumer Price Index, February 2011
Mar 18, 2011
Inflation eases, core rate at record low
Mar 17, 2011
Marketing, advertising executives plan hiring increase
Mar 17, 2011
B.C. hiking minimum wage
Mar 17, 2011
B.C. hiking minimum wage
Mar 17, 2011
Labour group now opposes Quebec asbestos industry expansion
Mar 17, 2011
Montreal police protest lack of contract
Mar 16, 2011
Brock University workers avoid picket line
Mar 16, 2011
Lack of employee engagement major problem: Survey
Mar 16, 2011
Upcoming Ontario inspection blitzes
Mar 16, 2011
Metro grocery chain fined $350,000 after worker’s death
Mar 16, 2011
Labour urges Alberta to boost minimum wage
Mar 16, 2011
Saskatchewan's construction sector booming
Mar 16, 2011
Labour urges Alberta to boost minimum wage
Mar 15, 2011
Canada boosts productivity but still lags U.S.
Mar 15, 2011
Are employers obligated to co-operate with Ontario's Gender Wage Gap Program?
Mar 15, 2011
British dentist stinks at his job
Mar 15, 2011
Nova Scotia labour standards changes will affect reservists
Mar 15, 2011
New council appointed to improve farm safety in Alberta
Mar 15, 2011
Canada Post employees to vote on strike mandate
Mar 14, 2011
Manitoba civil servants accept government’s offer
Mar 14, 2011
Employer failed to accommodate worker
Mar 14, 2011
Excessive force unproven, termination not warranted
Mar 14, 2011
B.C. medical technicians take ‘net-zero’
Mar 14, 2011
Bad faith — or bad timing?
Mar 14, 2011
Youngest workers at risk of injury: CAW
Mar 14, 2011
Total Rewards at Trillium Health Centre
Mar 14, 2011
Labour battle rages on in Wisconsin
Mar 14, 2011
Workers need financial literacy boost: Report
Mar 14, 2011
50-plus awards celebrate older workers
Mar 14, 2011
Pitting human rights against each other
Mar 14, 2011
News Briefs
Mar 14, 2011
Minimum wage increase lowers employment: CFIB
Mar 14, 2011
Many workers not taking vacation: Survey
Mar 14, 2011
3 things HR needs to know
Mar 14, 2011
Appeal court revises punitive damage award (Legal view)
Mar 14, 2011
Mentors lend hand to people with disabilities navigating corporate world
Mar 14, 2011
HR professionals predict good year ahead
Mar 14, 2011
Degree by design
Mar 14, 2011
Stopping incivility in the workplace
Mar 14, 2011
New approach can tackle diabetes at work
Mar 14, 2011
Helping stars play the waiting game
Mar 14, 2011
Here’s the memo on Facebook – again (Editor’s notes)
Mar 14, 2011
Fix that broken window (Guest commentary)
Mar 14, 2011
Human resources in the Holy Land (Guest commentary)
Mar 14, 2011
Nova Scotia committee recommends rate increase
Mar 14, 2011
A flap over Twitter
Mar 14, 2011
Alberta eases path to residency for skilled foreign workers
Mar 14, 2011
88 per cent of Canadian employers offer flexible work schedules
Mar 14, 2011
Industry capacity use increase levels off: Statistics Canada
Mar 14, 2011
People with disabilities focus of Manitoba conference
Mar 11, 2011
Saskatchewan signs agreement with First Nations
Mar 11, 2011
February job growth weaker than expected
Mar 11, 2011
WorkSafeBC issued $3M in penalties in 2010
Mar 11, 2011
Unemployment rates stagnant in February
Mar 11, 2011
Employment and Unemployment by Province and Age, February 2011
Mar 10, 2011
TTC union leader says essential service bill violates rights
Mar 10, 2011
Ontario proposes moving prevention function to MOL
Mar 10, 2011
Four guiding principles essential to pension reform
Mar 10, 2011
University grads helped by Toronto 2015
Mar 10, 2011
Law Commission seeks input from employers
Mar 10, 2011
New regulations for division of pension assets upon marriage breakdown in Ontario
Mar 09, 2011
Average Canadian expects to retire at 68: Sun Life
Mar 09, 2011
Top performers recognized for leveraging skilled immigrant talent
Mar 09, 2011
Note from surgeon sufficient for paid sick leave: Court
Mar 09, 2011
Court reduces big payout to fired employee
Mar 09, 2011
Canadian employers expect hiring to remain steady in second quarter
Mar 09, 2011
Amendments to B.C. OHS regulation
Mar 09, 2011
Social media and the workplace
Mar 09, 2011
Modified work programs: When problems arise
Mar 09, 2011
When is insubordination just cause for dismissal?
Mar 09, 2011
Claim for $10 million in benefits and damages snuffed by earlier settlement
Mar 09, 2011
Employee didn’t ‘look before he leapt’
Mar 09, 2011
Frequent absences by worker a pain in the neck
Mar 09, 2011
Wal-Mart employees hope to decertify union
Mar 08, 2011
Winnipeg budgets no wage increase for transit staff
Mar 08, 2011
Saskatchewan injury rate lowest in 20 years
Mar 08, 2011
Succession planning at Compass Group Canada
Mar 08, 2011
Hiring expected to rise in second quarter, including HR
Mar 08, 2011
The benefit of the doubt
Mar 08, 2011
Woman arrested for impersonating mother to collect pension
Mar 07, 2011
Sexes disagree on status of women in workplace: Survey
Mar 07, 2011
Many workers witness conflicts at work: Survey
Mar 07, 2011
Women still earning less than men: Report
Mar 07, 2011
Almost three-quarters of workers report increased workload
Mar 07, 2011
Diversity policy developed for Pan Am Games 2015
Mar 07, 2011
Alberta strengthens safety enforcement, inspections, investigations
Mar 07, 2011
Handlex airport workers accept new collective agreements
Mar 07, 2011
Suspensions levied for employees in punch-up
Mar 07, 2011
CP Rail trades ratify contract
Mar 07, 2011
Labour initiates new protocol against raiding
Mar 06, 2011
Sharing of medical info not privacy violation
Mar 04, 2011
Ontario proposes changes to health and safety act
Mar 04, 2011
Steelworkers allowed to launch legal action
Mar 04, 2011
Amendments to family support orders, garnishment regulations
Mar 04, 2011
Official Hansard transcript of second reading of Ontario's Bill 138
Mar 04, 2011
Ontario proposes changes to health and safety act
Mar 04, 2011
Act to regulate HR profession passes second reading
Mar 03, 2011
'Shadow' public service created through outsourcing
Mar 03, 2011
Winnipeg’s Malteurop strike ends
Mar 03, 2011
Ontario's Bill 138 passes second reading
Mar 03, 2011
Majority of employers lack strategy to develop female leaders: Mercer
Mar 03, 2011
Steelworkers allowed to launch legal action
Mar 03, 2011
Good news, bad news for women's advancement
Mar 03, 2011
Directors fined $5,000 for interfering with employment standards officer
Mar 03, 2011
Workplace violence and harassment increasing in Europe
Mar 02, 2011
Daylight saving time may increase workplace injuries: CCOHS
Mar 02, 2011
Directors of Ontario restaurant fined $5,000 for crafting fake staff records
Mar 02, 2011
Business leaders should pledge to have more women on boards: EU
Mar 02, 2011
Strong adoption of tablets by mobile workers: Survey
Mar 02, 2011
Canadians dipping into RRSPs before retirement: Study
Mar 02, 2011
Small business confidence holding steady: CFIB
Mar 02, 2011
B.C. health science workers accept 'net-zero' deal
Mar 01, 2011
Ontario cookie plant saved from closure
Mar 01, 2011
B.C. launches translated sites for newcomers
Mar 01, 2011
More than one-half of Canadians work when sick
Mar 01, 2011
BMO, Scotiabank CEOs get big pay hikes in 2010
Mar 01, 2011
Quebec employees require ‘amplified’ approach
Mar 01, 2011
Creating compliant employee files
Mar 01, 2011
News in brief: A look at news, facts and figures shaping the world of payroll professionals
Mar 01, 2011
No CPP on disability benefit payments: Court
Mar 01, 2011
Legislative roundup: Changes in payroll laws and regulations from across Canada
Mar 01, 2011
Retiring allowances and benefits plans
Mar 01, 2011
Dismissal damages: Dealing with distress
Mar 01, 2011
Ontario MSD blitz results
Mar 01, 2011
Stress levels higher for engaged employees
Mar 01, 2011
Recovering from workplace trauma
Mar 01, 2011
Certified Health and Safety Consultants bring standards to the profession
Mar 01, 2011
Legislative roundup: Changes in OHS laws and regulations from West to East
Mar 01, 2011
News briefs: OHS news from across Canada and around the world
Mar 01, 2011
Resource corner: A directory of online OHS tools and information
Mar 01, 2011
Refusal to work due to perceived threat