Strategic People Analytics Conference Coming to Chicago

marcus evans will host the 2nd Edition Strategic People Analytics Conference on May 22-23, 2018 in Chicago, IL. This meeting will bring together leading professionals in People Analytics, HR Analytics, Workforce Strategy, and HR Operations to highlight best practices in people analytics to inform strategic decision-making and increase organizational performance.   Sessions Include: • Enhancing […]

HRchat Interview with Derek O’Rourke, Morgan McKinley Technology [Transcription]

Recruiting and Jobs in Canada

The latest HRchat episode features Derek O’Rourke, Morgan McKinley Technology’s Manager of Tech Recruitment in Canada. Bill Banham and Derek discuss motivations and job requirements of today’s top tech pros, market trends and the upcoming InnovateWork Toronto event. Derek, originally from Cook Island, has been living and working in Toronto for the past six years. […]

The Benefits of Gender Equality In the Workplace

gender equality workplace

Currently, women are offered better access to flexible working, there is more support for maternity pay, and women generally have better qualifications than men. In today’s modern times, however, although the laws are in place for gender equality and equal pay, inequality and a pay gap remains in many workplaces across the nation. Workplace gender […]

Everyone Is Entitled to Paid Rest and Meal Breaks, Fact or Myth?

meal breaks at work

Everyone Is Entitled to Paid Rest and Meal Breaks, Fact or Myth? I was recently reflecting on a speakerphone call I once received from a group of front of house employees asking, “Hypothetically, aren’t we entitled to a break and a lunch with pay?” Knowing that such a question is rarely “hypothetical, do” I provided the […]

Injuries in the Workplace: What are your employer’s obligations?

Injuries in the workplace

Injuries in the Workplace… understanding your employer’s obligations. Whatever work you perform in Ireland, your employer has a legal obligation to look out for your safety. It’s not just the environment you work in, or the tools or machinery you work with that need to be safe, there’s a lot more to it. Employers have […]