Site Map for March 2012

Date
Title
Mar 30, 2012
Federal budget update
Mar 30, 2012
Federal budget update
Mar 30, 2012
OAS eligibility increases to 67
Mar 30, 2012
Apple, Foxconn to revamp China work conditions
Mar 30, 2012
Union sues grocery chain over social media policy
Mar 30, 2012
Average weekly earnings up 2 per cent from last year: StatsCan
Mar 30, 2012
Many firms spending more on social media this year: Survey
Mar 30, 2012
Toronto library workers ratify deal with city
Mar 30, 2012
Ontario should change farm worker laws: International Labour Organization
Mar 30, 2012
Federal budget payroll updates
Mar 30, 2012
Minimum wages change in four jurisdictions April 1
Mar 29, 2012
Canada eyes budget surplus in 3 years, big policy reforms
Mar 29, 2012
Modified B.C. HST document available on CRA website
Mar 29, 2012
Toronto library workers reach tentative deal with city
Mar 29, 2012
Toronto inside workers split on city’s final offer
Mar 29, 2012
German jobless rate falls to new record low
Mar 29, 2012
Canada scraps some skilled immigrant applications
Mar 29, 2012
Canada eyes budget surplus in 3 years, big policy reforms
Mar 29, 2012
Bosses not convinced flex-work makes employees more productive
Mar 29, 2012
Greek construction shrinks for sixth year in 2011
Mar 29, 2012
WorkSafe Saskatchewan presents 2012 safe worker and safe employer awards
Mar 28, 2012
WCB Nova Scotia consulting on review of living allowance rate
Mar 28, 2012
Canadian Human Rights Commission cautions employers on rights of older workers
Mar 28, 2012
Ontario targets labour costs in bid to cut deficit
Mar 28, 2012
Workplace stress makes it difficult to focus on tasks: Survey
Mar 28, 2012
Labour reaction to the Ontario 2012 budget
Mar 28, 2012
Ontario targets labour costs in bid to cut deficit
Mar 27, 2012
Total payroll, HR admin costs underestimated by 40 per cent
Mar 27, 2012
Ontario budget targets labour costs to cut deficit
Mar 27, 2012
Be mindful of the future
Mar 27, 2012
Controlling employees’ behaviour after they leave
Mar 27, 2012
Employees growing more self-reliant about career: Survey
Mar 27, 2012
Total payroll, HR admin costs underestimated by 40 per cent
Mar 27, 2012
Asian firms offering more variable pay than western firms in the region: Mercer
Mar 27, 2012
Canadian Human Rights Commission cautions employers on rights of aging workers
Mar 27, 2012
Ontario’s WSIB releases 2012-2016 strategic plan
Mar 27, 2012
Pension changes in Ontario
Mar 27, 2012
People risk and the role of the board
Mar 27, 2012
Letting them down gently
Mar 26, 2012
Handling people risk in boardroom
Mar 26, 2012
Give your bench a chance (Guest commentary)
Mar 26, 2012
Ontario construction sector to recruit 120,000 new workers by 2020
Mar 26, 2012
OHA unveils framework for compensation of hospital execs
Mar 26, 2012
Nova Scotia WCB rolls out new recurrence of compensable injury policy
Mar 26, 2012
Potential violation of employment standards in future renders termination provision void: Court
Mar 26, 2012
Unpaid interns in U.S. sue former employers for minimum wage
Mar 26, 2012
Who should pay for personal assistive devices?
Mar 26, 2012
M&As increase risk of anxiety: Study
Mar 26, 2012
After-hours emails, texts could be problematic for employers
Mar 26, 2012
News briefs
Mar 26, 2012
Employers recognized for diversity
Mar 26, 2012
$20 million award upheld by appeal court (Legal view)
Mar 26, 2012
Pension grow-in benefits could mean policy changes
Mar 26, 2012
Award-winning training programs focus on interaction, flexibility, results
Mar 26, 2012
What’s allowed, what’s taboo with background checks outside of Canada
Mar 26, 2012
Formal mentorship programs connect baby boomers, gen-Y employees
Mar 26, 2012
Preventing Lean Six Sigma failures
Mar 26, 2012
Getting managers the kind of help they need
Mar 26, 2012
What are we to do with interns? (Editor’s notes)
Mar 26, 2012
The rise of social intelligence (Guest commentary)
Mar 26, 2012
Ottawa shouldn’t be involved in career advising (Guest commentary)
Mar 26, 2012
Toronto inside workers to vote on deal from city
Mar 26, 2012
Termination warranted for food safety violation
Mar 26, 2012
Medical worker fired for breaching confidentiality
Mar 26, 2012
Right to strike falls in grey area in Canadian labour law
Mar 26, 2012
U.K. should allow consolidation for low-cost pensions: NAPF
Mar 23, 2012
U.S. jobless claims at 4-year low
Mar 23, 2012
Air Canada wildcat strike over: Union
Mar 23, 2012
Canadian inflation up 2.6 per cent in February: StatsCan
Mar 23, 2012
Wildcat strikes disrupt Toronto, Montreal Air Canada flights
Mar 23, 2012
Consumer Price Index, February 2012
Mar 23, 2012
Quebec’s 2012-13 budget: The next step towards pooled registered pension plans
Mar 23, 2012
Facebook warns employers not to ask for passwords
Mar 23, 2012
Predictions for Enbridge pipeline job creation 'flawed'
Mar 23, 2012
Ontario’s WSIB cuts more than 100 jobs in March
Mar 22, 2012
Ontario faces "elephant-sized" funding gap at the WSIB: C.D. Howe Institute
Mar 22, 2012
WorkSafeBC introduces tool kit to reduce the risk of domestic violence entering the workplace
Mar 22, 2012
Supervisor support can reduce absenteeism in hazardous jobs: Study
Mar 22, 2012
Career development key driver for employee engagement: Randstad
Mar 22, 2012
Future auto sector bailouts must eye wage cuts: IRPP
Mar 22, 2012
1 in 3 employers lacks orientation program for new hires: Survey
Mar 22, 2012
Nearly 6 out of 10 workers exposed to workplace harassment
Mar 22, 2012
EI recipients up in December: StatsCan
Mar 22, 2012
Wage cuts needed in any future auto bailouts: Canada study
Mar 22, 2012
February construction union wage rate index unchanged: StatsCan
Mar 22, 2012
Italy's prime minister runs into trouble over labour reform
Mar 22, 2012
Supervisor support can reduce absenteeism in hazardous jobs: Study
Mar 21, 2012
Florida state workers face random drug tests under new law
Mar 21, 2012
Toronto inside workers vote to strike
Mar 21, 2012
Plane servicer Aveos shuts Canadian operations
Mar 21, 2012
Canadians don’t want pension changes: Poll
Mar 21, 2012
Air Canada plane servicer terminates all employees
Mar 21, 2012
Arrogance biggest mistake during job interview
Mar 21, 2012
Was odour of pot a smoking gun?
Mar 21, 2012
Juice cart violence
Mar 21, 2012
Corrections nurse loses trust, job
Mar 21, 2012
Dismissal from restructuring, not targeting: Adjudicator
Mar 21, 2012
‘I’m done’ not a resignation: Adjudicator
Mar 21, 2012
Employee misrepresented qualifications on application
Mar 21, 2012
Reasonable notice for part-time employees
Mar 21, 2012
No bonus for employees on notice? Better let them know
Mar 21, 2012
BMO analyst fired after questioning financial reports
Mar 20, 2012
Executives see worsening work-life imbalance
Mar 20, 2012
Employers split on effectiveness of social media
Mar 20, 2012
Is the worker a contractor or employee?
Mar 20, 2012
Canadians don’t want pension changes: Poll
Mar 20, 2012
Workers at B.C. paper mill take 10 per cent wage cut
Mar 20, 2012
2 weeks’ notice sometimes doesn’t cut it
Mar 20, 2012
Latest step in CRA’s new audit approach: Risk assessment interviews with large businesses
Mar 20, 2012
Want to add jobs? Subsidize employers: Report
Mar 19, 2012
Moms of autistic children work less, earn less: Report
Mar 19, 2012
Brazil job creation plummets on abrupt slowdown
Mar 19, 2012
Toronto library workers strike
Mar 19, 2012
Air Canada turns to labour board as pilots call in sick
Mar 19, 2012
Evidence can’t support termination for cause
Mar 19, 2012
Last chance termination does not violate code
Mar 19, 2012
Deal saving Lear jobs signals shift in bargaining approach
Mar 19, 2012
Université de Montréal wins first prize at Excalibur
Mar 19, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Labour invites stakeholders to annual consultation
Mar 19, 2012
Canada tops for mobile data loss: Survey
Mar 19, 2012
HR's responsibility for occupational health and safety
Mar 16, 2012
B.C.trucking industry launches moving and lifting safety campaign
Mar 16, 2012
Gen X 'squeezed' between generations: PwC
Mar 16, 2012
Postal union asks new arbitrator to step down
Mar 16, 2012
Air Canada pilots say they will challenge anti-strike bill
Mar 16, 2012
Discipline, performance management among list of top HR questions in U.S.
Mar 16, 2012
New York cuts pension benefits for public workers
Mar 15, 2012
Absenteeism in U.S. reaches 10-year low: Survey
Mar 15, 2012
Worker burnout tied to 'emotional eating'
Mar 15, 2012
Absenteeism in U.S. reaches 10-year low: Survey
Mar 15, 2012
Departing Goldman banker slams 'rip-off' culture
Mar 15, 2012
Ottawa labour clampdown may hurt workers, employers
Mar 15, 2012
Canadian auto workers feel pressure in contract talks
Mar 15, 2012
Slot machine closures ‘devastating to Ontario’: Union
Mar 15, 2012
Ottawa labour clampdown may hurt workers, employers
Mar 15, 2012
Number of women in senior management falls in Canada, rises in Europe: Survey
Mar 15, 2012
Additional solvency relief for DB pensions in New Brunswick
Mar 15, 2012
Feds should allow OAS recipients to delay take-up: C.D. Howe
Mar 15, 2012
3 in 10 workers say workplace not psychologically safe
Mar 15, 2012
Head chef harassed colleague: Quebec’s labour board
Mar 14, 2012
Humber College, Telus, Pitney Bowes among top firms for recent immigrants
Mar 14, 2012
Inside Education, SIMS Recycling among top environmental employers
Mar 14, 2012
Ontario’s WSIB chair will not seek new term
Mar 14, 2012
Ottawa passes bill to block Air Canada strike, lockout
Mar 14, 2012
Interest rates for the second calendar quarter
Mar 14, 2012
3 in 10 workers worldwide say workplace not psychologically safe: Survey
Mar 13, 2012
Tens of thousands of Spaniards protest labour reform
Mar 13, 2012
Sunwing flight attendants join CUPE
Mar 13, 2012
Union accuses Toronto of bad-faith bargaining
Mar 13, 2012
Canadian government tables Air Canada back-to-work bill
Mar 13, 2012
Employment agreements for current employees
Mar 13, 2012
Severance pay can't be cut
Mar 13, 2012
Brain Awareness Week puts focus on brain health
Mar 13, 2012
Stereotypes seen as primary cause of gender gap in science, technology: Survey
Mar 13, 2012
Upbeat hiring climate for second quarter
Mar 13, 2012
The importance of taking vacation time
Mar 13, 2012
Assessing leadership judgment
Mar 13, 2012
9 risks of neglecting to conduct exit interviews
Mar 12, 2012
Rolling out welcome mat
Mar 12, 2012
Labour mobility in dispute
Mar 12, 2012
News Briefs
Mar 12, 2012
Aboriginal inclusion focus of training
Mar 12, 2012
Injured worker fails to report improvement (Legal view)
Mar 12, 2012
Employees often grappling with grief
Mar 12, 2012
Finding right balance with caregiver leave (Analysis)
Mar 12, 2012
Conveying safety messages – in any language
Mar 12, 2012
Getting past the personal stuff
Mar 12, 2012
Recipe for successful organizational change
Mar 12, 2012
HR professionals supportive of caregiver leave
Mar 12, 2012
Swiss voters reject push for longer annual holidays
Mar 12, 2012
Malaysia to set first minimum wage
Mar 12, 2012
Managing employee medical leaves
Mar 12, 2012
Unions call for action from feds
Mar 12, 2012
‘Disability’ may expand under new criteria (Guest commentary)
Mar 12, 2012
Focusing on OAS won’t solve pension crisis (Guest commentary)
Mar 12, 2012
Executive presence: Polish your inner self and impact others better (Guest commentary)
Mar 12, 2012
Firing sends chill through public sector (Editor’s notes)
Mar 12, 2012
Schooled in HR
Mar 12, 2012
OHS fines help fund Alberta safety programs
Mar 12, 2012
At work, but not working
Mar 12, 2012
WSIB mandatory for construction firms
Mar 12, 2012
News briefs: OHS news from across Canada and around the world
Mar 12, 2012
Resource corner: A directory of online OHS tools and information
Mar 12, 2012
Legislative roundup: Changes in OHS laws and regulations from West to East
Mar 12, 2012
Managing OHS risks when using contractors
Mar 12, 2012
Job market stalls again in February
Mar 12, 2012
Government aims to speed through Air Canada labour bill
Mar 12, 2012
Tentative agreement reached in Halifax transit strike
Mar 12, 2012
Deficient performance not insubordination
Mar 12, 2012
Demotion, suspension for sleeping on the job
Mar 12, 2012
LRB ruling on fired Vale workers significant: Lawyer
Mar 09, 2012
Canadian job market stalls again in February
Mar 09, 2012
Employment and Unemployment by Province and Age, February 2012
Mar 09, 2012
Job market stalls again in February
Mar 09, 2012
Alberta toughens rules to protect jobseekers
Mar 09, 2012
Young workers' starting wages declining: Study
Mar 09, 2012
Solid job gains in the U.S., unemployment rate holds steady
Mar 08, 2012
Feeling valued at work linked to well-being, performance
Mar 08, 2012
More than one-half of Greek youth unemployed
Mar 08, 2012
3 Canadian firms place on list of top 125 training organizations
Mar 08, 2012
Nova Scotia invests in training to prepare Mi’kmaq for jobs
Mar 08, 2012
Feds working to ease huge immigration backlog
Mar 08, 2012
CIOs, CFOs optimistic about second quarter: Survey
Mar 08, 2012
Updated Ontario electrical safety code effective May 1
Mar 08, 2012
Payroll professional paid staff in cash in the 80s
Mar 08, 2012
It pays to go to school
Mar 08, 2012
Misclassification of workers an expensive mistake
Mar 08, 2012
News in brief: A look at news, facts and figures shaping the world of payroll professionals
Mar 08, 2012
Legislative roundup: Changes in payroll laws and regulations from across Canada
Mar 08, 2012
Source deductions on WLRP benefits
Mar 08, 2012
Air Canada pilot lockout, machinist strike blocked
Mar 08, 2012
Air Canada to lock out pilots on March 12
Mar 08, 2012
Air Canada contract ultimatum to pilots expires
Mar 08, 2012
Toronto inside workers can strike or be locked out March 25
Mar 07, 2012
Bad-faith bargaining complaint filed against Canadian Pacific Railway
Mar 07, 2012
Air Canada machinists provide March 12 strike date
Mar 07, 2012
Canada Revenue Agency announces appointment to board of management
Mar 07, 2012
Majority of Quebec SMEs implementing sustainability plan: Survey
Mar 07, 2012
Minister urges Air Canada, union to avoid strike
Mar 07, 2012
Electrician zapped for safety violation
Mar 07, 2012
Wall Street's bonuses fell 25 per cent in 2011
Mar 07, 2012
Pace of job creation accelerates in U.S.: ADP
Mar 07, 2012
Indirect harassment was just cause for dismissal of Saskatchewan employee
Mar 07, 2012
Safeway employee’s giveaway cause for dismissal
Mar 07, 2012
Soured friendship not hostile workplace
Mar 07, 2012
Depressed employee not in right state of mind to quit: Arbitrator
Mar 07, 2012
Injured worker charged for not reporting improvement
Mar 07, 2012
Dependent contractors and unforseen notice requirements
Mar 07, 2012
Outplacement counselling
Mar 07, 2012
Giving a reason for dismissal
Mar 06, 2012
Singapore to mandate 1 day off per week for foreign maids
Mar 06, 2012
Net 9 per cent of execs planning staff additions in second quarter: Survey
Mar 06, 2012
How Canadian Tire changed its staffing processes
Mar 06, 2012
Is HR too compliance-focused?
Mar 06, 2012
Bonus if necessary, but not necessarily a bonus
Mar 06, 2012
Once a contractor, not always a contractor
Mar 06, 2012
Unions rally together to support striking B.C. teachers
Mar 06, 2012
Canada's First Quantum mine workers end strike in Zambia
Mar 05, 2012
Termination warranted for theft of product
Mar 05, 2012
Top legal cases of 2011
Mar 05, 2012
Termination for viewing of health records
Mar 05, 2012
Toronto asks for ‘no board’ report with inside workers
Mar 05, 2012
Manitoba construction worker minimum wages to increase 3 per cent
Mar 05, 2012
Workplace back-to-work policies for mental disability
Mar 05, 2012
Most executive incentive plans to be close to target
Mar 05, 2012
Ontario establishes roundtable on immigration
Mar 05, 2012
High-risk construction trades target of month-long Ontario safety inspection blitz
Mar 05, 2012
4 employees must pay almost $20 million to former employer
Mar 02, 2012
B.C. health and safety agency provides online tools for working drivers
Mar 02, 2012
One-half of firms losing data through mobile devices: Survey
Mar 02, 2012
Changes coming to Yukon safety course prices
Mar 02, 2012
Pension worries rise for DB, DC plan sponsors: Survey
Mar 02, 2012
Ontario regulatory HR bill passes second reading
Mar 02, 2012
Proposed rules for eliminating B.C. HST released
Mar 02, 2012
Ontario premier says teachers have to make reductions
Mar 02, 2012
B.C. teachers set to strike on March 5
Mar 01, 2012
Union sues Fraser Papers directors over pension fund
Mar 01, 2012
WCB of P.E.I. rolls out online employer assessment payment service
Mar 01, 2012
The HR-payroll relationship
Mar 01, 2012
Chronic diseases taking toll on Canadians: Conference Board
Mar 01, 2012
Participation rate in RRSPs same as previous 2 years
Mar 01, 2012
WCB of P.E.I. rolls out online employer assessment payment service
Mar 01, 2012
More than 1 in 5 U.S. workers discuss politics at work: Survey