News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
In this HRchat episode, Bill Banham is joined by Kim Tabac, Chief Talent Officer at Deloitte Canada. A senior business professional with over 20 years’ experience in Human Resources leadership roles, Kim has a proven track record of building high-performing teams and designing inclusion strategies. Kim will be the keynote speaker at the April 2018 InnovateWork […]
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 […]
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. […]
Seven Points of Satisfaction in buying HR Tech is a new webcast series based on a popular series written by William Tincup and Jeremy Ames and published exclusively on The HR Gazette. Jeremy and Mark discuss important topics such as: Can buyers “love” new software? How do you know if they don’t? What’s the cost of […]
Many years ago I worked with a guy called Terry. Terry was quiet, but friendly enough, a bit of a loner, but social enough. Terry was introverted, but just outgoing enough to be someone with whom to look forward to having a chat. We crossed paths often in the kitchen, the men’s room, the elevator, […]
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? 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 […]
Most human resource managers understand the benefits of worker’s compensation insurance. These managers know that they do not have to fear losing anything after reporting an injury. HR managers also do not have to fear negligence lawsuits for simple work injuries. If their employees are injured on the job, workers’ compensation insurance come in to […]
Thousands of companies are guilty of violating labor and wage laws on a daily basis.
So many candidates encounter the line: “You will be under probation for the first 90 days of your employment.” But, does the new employee or the employer REALLY know what that means? Let’s start with a little history… The “probationary period” was started as a way for employers to deal with Unions and their rules […]