Site Map for February 2013

Date
Title
Feb 28, 2013
Germany relaxes immigration rules to attract skilled labour
Feb 28, 2013
Low job control linked to hypertension among male workers: Study
Feb 28, 2013
One-half of Quebec workers won’t be able to maintain standard of living in retirement: Survey
Feb 28, 2013
Cowan Insurance, Levitt-Safety, DeSerres among 50 best managed companies
Feb 28, 2013
Worried jobseekers crimp recruiter Hays' fees in U.K.
Feb 27, 2013
Ontario employer reprimanded for workplace violence violations
Feb 27, 2013
Corporations urge U.S. Supreme Court to embrace gay marriage
Feb 27, 2013
Nurses union, New Brunswick reach new collective agreement
Feb 27, 2013
Saskatchewan employers reach across pond for talent
Feb 26, 2013
B.C. employers given $1.4-million to attract, integrate skilled immigrants
Feb 26, 2013
Investigative interview strategies for HR
Feb 26, 2013
Ontario targets workplace violence in health care facilities
Feb 26, 2013
Average weekly earnings up 0.3 per cent in December: StatsCan
Feb 26, 2013
War takes a toll on veterans' job prospects: Paper
Feb 26, 2013
New continuing professional education requirement for CEBS holders
Feb 26, 2013
WorkSafeBC releases 2012 penalty report
Feb 26, 2013
What exactly counts as work?
Feb 26, 2013
Yahoo memo sparks debate on pros, cons of working at home
Feb 26, 2013
Average weekly earnings (including overtime) for all employees, December 2012 — seasonally adjusted
Feb 25, 2013
Stop wasting your development dollars (Guest Commentary)
Feb 25, 2013
‘Will you sponsor me?’
Feb 25, 2013
1 in 8 new hires unsuccessful: Survey
Feb 25, 2013
HR Associations
Feb 25, 2013
CHRP needs more love… from HR (Editor’s Notes)
Feb 25, 2013
Teaching HR highly recommended
Feb 25, 2013
Hamilton workers caught in the act
Feb 25, 2013
40 per cent of GTA, Hamilton residents in 'precarious' jobs
Feb 25, 2013
WorkSafeBC and CEU ratify deal
Feb 25, 2013
Class-action litigation – new tool for unions?
Feb 25, 2013
Coping with gender reassignment surgery (Toughest HR Question)
Feb 25, 2013
Grocery store blow-up costs employer
Feb 25, 2013
Termination warranted for theft of supplies
Feb 25, 2013
Less than one-half of U.S. adults covered by employer-sponsored health insurance
Feb 25, 2013
Ratification numbers a good indicator of employee morale
Feb 25, 2013
Termination warranted for error of judgment
Feb 25, 2013
The Weird Workplace
Feb 25, 2013
Fast-track program launched for Alberta power engineers
Feb 25, 2013
Hotter, wetter climate to slash labour capacity by 10 per cent
Feb 25, 2013
Human resources 101
Feb 25, 2013
Rotational program in HR
Feb 25, 2013
Keeping tabs on company equipment
Feb 25, 2013
Plagiarists can be haunted by past
Feb 25, 2013
9 in 10 execs say innovation top priority: Survey
Feb 25, 2013
News Briefs
Feb 25, 2013
HR split on CHRP’s progress
Feb 25, 2013
‘We’re live tweeting from the HR firing session!’
Feb 22, 2013
You’re fired: Now don’t forget to tidy your room
Feb 22, 2013
Consumer Price Index, January 2013
Feb 22, 2013
U.S. unions, business agree on guidelines for low-skilled visas
Feb 22, 2013
Inflation drops to 3-year low in January
Feb 22, 2013
IT faces growing responsibilities with average competency: Survey
Feb 22, 2013
Sizzling prices heat up wage talks in Argentina
Feb 22, 2013
9 in 10 CFOs say using temp workers beneficial: Survey
Feb 21, 2013
Three-quarters of job applicants don’t hear back from employers: Survey
Feb 21, 2013
New B.C. Services Card replaces CareCard
Feb 21, 2013
EI recipients dip slightly in December: StatsCan
Feb 21, 2013
U.S. CEO, French minister clash over work ethic
Feb 21, 2013
Construction union wage rate remains unchanged in January
Feb 21, 2013
Ontario public sector earning 14 per cent more than private sector
Feb 21, 2013
U.S. consumer prices unchanged as gas prices falls
Feb 20, 2013
Relationship woes in workplace
Feb 20, 2013
Breach of 'cardinal rule' not always cause for employee termination
Feb 20, 2013
1 in 5 senior leaders at <i>FP</i>500 firms are women: Catalyst
Feb 20, 2013
Ontario CAW members ratify agreement at GE
Feb 20, 2013
Stress claim dismissed, accepted, dismissed again
Feb 20, 2013
Blowups at employee constituted dismissal
Feb 20, 2013
Supervisor deleted for inappropriate emails
Feb 20, 2013
Number of people expecting to be retired at 66 down 50 per cent in 5 years
Feb 20, 2013
Custodian schemes against supervisor
Feb 20, 2013
Record number in work in U.K.
Feb 20, 2013
Determining a successor employer
Feb 20, 2013
New Brunswick introduces new safety training requirements on highway projects
Feb 20, 2013
Claims for ‘phantom dependant’ justify termination
Feb 20, 2013
Thinking ahead to avoid getting behind the 8-ball
Feb 19, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court to hear workers' claims around safety gear
Feb 19, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court to hear workers' claims around safety gear
Feb 19, 2013
Reliance on old discipline voids termination
Feb 19, 2013
Boeing, Manitoba Hydro, City of Vancouver among top diversity employers
Feb 19, 2013
6 in 10 financial executives say DB plans pose risks to their organization: Survey
Feb 19, 2013
Ontario prepares for mandatory OHS training in 2014
Feb 19, 2013
Termination warranted for faked medical notes
Feb 19, 2013
Strike ends at St. Francis Xavier University
Feb 19, 2013
Bosses need good reason to ban tattoos: Lawyers
Feb 19, 2013
Is bullying and harassment in the eye of the beholder?
Feb 19, 2013
German employment reaches highest level in 23 years
Feb 19, 2013
When a molehill becomes a mountain
Feb 15, 2013
Do employees need to give more notice than the Pope?
Feb 15, 2013
NYC bill would prohibit employers from discriminating against unemployed jobseekers
Feb 15, 2013
You can't touch this: Insurance sales brokers may be free to take their book of business elsewhere
Feb 15, 2013
Mounties promising to root out sexual harassment
Feb 15, 2013
Study finds crucial gaps, lack of transparency in OHS sustainability reporting
Feb 15, 2013
Peugeot unions agree to early exit from French car plant
Feb 14, 2013
'Is the boss single?' among unusual interview questions by candidates
Feb 14, 2013
N.S. employers can now take 15 years to make pension plan solvent
Feb 14, 2013
Support staff at Halifax school board vote in favour of strike action
Feb 14, 2013
Fewer workers in federal jurisdiction suffering disabling injuries: HRSDC
Feb 14, 2013
One-third of U.S. employers offering lump-sum pension payouts in 2013: Aon Hewitt
Feb 13, 2013
Random drug testing in Canada (Ask an expert)
Feb 13, 2013
Waiving holiday rights not an option for Canadian workers: Lawyer
Feb 13, 2013
News briefs: OHS news from across Canada and around the world
Feb 13, 2013
Volunteer firefighters in Sudbury vote in favour of unionizing
Feb 13, 2013
National psychological standard released
Feb 13, 2013
Retroactive payroll a complex task
Feb 13, 2013
News in brief: A look at news, facts and figures shaping the world of payroll professionals
Feb 13, 2013
Terminations: HR, payroll both play role
Feb 13, 2013
Obama proposes raising minimum wage to $9 per hour by 2015
Feb 13, 2013
CPP contributions, minimum wage changes, determining jurisdiction for source deductions (Ask an expert)
Feb 13, 2013
One-fifth of workers who had office romance married co-worker: Survey
Feb 13, 2013
Legislative roundup: Changes in payroll laws and regulations from across Canada
Feb 13, 2013
Clear work refusal policies prevent confusion
Feb 13, 2013
Legislative roundup: Changes in OHS laws and regulations from across Canada
Feb 13, 2013
Minimum wage for people with disabilities could be repealed in Manitoba
Feb 13, 2013
Create a safer supply chain in 2013
Feb 13, 2013
More employees seeking EAP help digitally: Morneau Shepell
Feb 13, 2013
Union lawsuit calls Michigan right-to-work law unconstitutional
Feb 13, 2013
An employer’s duty to protect from the flu
Feb 12, 2013
Non-compete agreement for employee with minority interest in company too broad and limiting: Court
Feb 12, 2013
Australia oil and gas wages highest in industry: Survey
Feb 12, 2013
New Brunswick offering wage incentives to employers
Feb 12, 2013
Court sides with new mother who claimed right to set work hours
Feb 12, 2013
Being parents: Ground for discrimination?
Feb 12, 2013
Canadians contributed $34.4 billion to RRSPs in 2011: StatsCan
Feb 12, 2013
Alberta, Sask. seeing highest salary increases at 4 per cent: Conference Board
Feb 12, 2013
Are your employees skiving?
Feb 12, 2013
Strike at Ontario Sobeys warehouse enters third week
Feb 11, 2013
Safety trumps accommodation for worker with mental illness (Legal View)
Feb 11, 2013
Tattoo cover-up policy not reasonable
Feb 11, 2013
U.K. MPs want no delay to government-backed pension changes
Feb 11, 2013
6 in 10 Canadians planning to contribute to retirement in 2013: CIBC
Feb 11, 2013
National psychological standard ‘evolution’ of health and safety
Feb 11, 2013
Has shine come off HR outsourcing? (Editor’s Notes)
Feb 11, 2013
Leading through crisis at Maple Leaf Foods
Feb 11, 2013
Michael McCain: Leading through a crisis
Feb 11, 2013
80 per cent of young people concerned about ability to save for retirement
Feb 11, 2013
Employment and Unemployment by Province and Age, January 2013
Feb 11, 2013
Dealing with employee apathy
Feb 11, 2013
If it works for love, why not work?
Feb 11, 2013
Upswing in flu cases a concern
Feb 11, 2013
Repetitive practice makes close to perfect
Feb 11, 2013
Nursing home backs down on firing without cause
Feb 11, 2013
Reaching out to mature workers
Feb 11, 2013
Tentative deal reached for Sunwing pilots
Feb 11, 2013
Attendance management sanctions punitive
Feb 11, 2013
3 beliefs that will sink your ship (Guest Commentary)
Feb 11, 2013
Did Ottawa mean to do this to EI? (Guest Commentary)
Feb 11, 2013
Assertiveness key to manager success
Feb 11, 2013
Montreal launches anti-corruption unit
Feb 11, 2013
The Weird Workplace
Feb 11, 2013
News Briefs
Feb 11, 2013
HR pulls in big money in U.S.
Feb 11, 2013
BBC journalists to strike over job cuts in U.K.: Union
Feb 08, 2013
Older women staying on the job to make up lost time
Feb 08, 2013
Ontario ski-resort wins appeal: Guest drowning not a workplace accident
Feb 08, 2013
Canada sheds 21,900 jobs in January, unemployment rate down
Feb 08, 2013
Nearly 22,000 jobs lost in January: StatsCan
Feb 08, 2013
Ontario ski-resort wins appeal: Guest drowning not a workplace accident
Feb 08, 2013
Hiring expectations in Quebec down for first quarter
Feb 08, 2013
Workers strike at Colombia's top coal exporter
Feb 07, 2013
Retaining top talent key to successful M&A: Survey
Feb 07, 2013
U.S. commuters on average spend nearly 1 week stuck in traffic
Feb 07, 2013
Best Buy, Encana, Sasktel among top employers in West
Feb 07, 2013
British Columbia observes first Family Day
Feb 07, 2013
Union representation on a steady decline: Conference Board
Feb 06, 2013
One-half of Canadians not contributing to RRSPs for 2012
Feb 06, 2013
Fisheries employee wants paid lunch while in boat
Feb 06, 2013
Sexual harasser reinstated with suspension
Feb 06, 2013
Home Depot in U.S. to hire 10,000 more seasonal workers in spring
Feb 06, 2013
Domestic affair spills over into work
Feb 06, 2013
Labour ministers invite young filmmakers to compete in national workplace safety video contest
Feb 06, 2013
Insolent resistance to training leads to firing
Feb 06, 2013
Saskatchewan unveils new employment act
Feb 06, 2013
Employee bullying and harassment outside of the workplace
Feb 06, 2013
The case for random alcohol testing in dangerous workplaces
Feb 06, 2013
Lowered just cause standard not for entire probationary period
Feb 06, 2013
Russia exploits migrant workers at Olympic venue: Human rights group
Feb 05, 2013
Random drug, alcohol testing on horizon at TTC
Feb 05, 2013
Hiring at U.S. construction sites shifts into higher gear
Feb 05, 2013
Are you still searching for that elusive ‘purple squirrel?’
Feb 05, 2013
Child care part of family status accommodation: Federal Court
Feb 05, 2013
When a big cheese goes bad
Feb 05, 2013
Canadian job market seen flat in January, jobless rate up
Feb 05, 2013
Manitoba insurance employees ratify new agreement
Feb 05, 2013
Canada failing to close income inequality gap: Report
Feb 04, 2013
Small businesses’ hiring plans jump to post-recession high: CFIB
Feb 04, 2013
Worker reinstated after deficient investigation
Feb 04, 2013
N.L. holding public consultations on workers’ compensation system
Feb 04, 2013
High long-term joblessness not here to stay: Study
Feb 04, 2013
Discipline warranted for forklift safety lapse
Feb 04, 2013
Termination warranted for fighting
Feb 04, 2013
OECD urges Germany to take in more migrant workers
Feb 04, 2013
Seniority a thorny issue when employees transfer
Feb 04, 2013
Tentative deal reached between Red Deer seniors’ home and AUPE, ending dispute
Feb 01, 2013
British Columbia health workers and bargaining association reach tentative deal
Feb 01, 2013
U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January
Feb 01, 2013
Manitoba expands provincial nominee program online service
Feb 01, 2013
Hockey ref called for misconduct over tweet