HR BLOG

A new survey by actuarial firm Normandin Beaudry has found that Canadian employers plan on boosting their salary budgets by an average of 3.8 percent in 2023. This is the second consecutive year that salaries budgets are on the rise. Furthermore, the survey of more than 750 companies and nearly […]

A new survey by Deloitte Canada and LifeWorks has found that during the pandemic 82 percent of senior leaders have experienced exhaustion indicative of burnout. The survey, which polled more than 1,100 senior leaders in Canada, the U.S., and Europe, found that found nearly all (96 percent) of those who reported […]

Although at the current time the hiring engine is firing on all cylinders — Canada’s jobless rate is at historic lows — terminations are still happening for a variety of reasons. And the looming threat of a recession in 2023 (although experts say it will be relatively mild) means an […]

On July 13, 2022, the Government of Ontario added a new chapter on the electronic monitoring of employees to its document “Your Guide to the Employment Standards Act”. The updated guidance is per Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022, which received Royal Assent and became law on April 8, […]

There are many challenges facing human resource managers today. Between the difficulties, they face recruiting during what is being dubbed the “Great Resignation,” managing the tail end of the pandemic, and the changing workforce demographics, it can be a struggle to find the time and resources to focus on employee […]

In today’s workplace, as we tend to live longer than ever and retire later, it’s common to find employees spanning several generations working together. And while this can bring with it a whole host of challenges, it can also be leveraged as a strength. Different generations tend to have different […]

The pandemic has exposed and aggravated the challenges that were already brewing in the labour market at an accelerated pace. The last couple of years of uncertainty, changing regulations, and fears have made many employees reevaluate their priorities. At the same time, the millennial workforce, in particular, is now more […]

Pros & Cons in a Tumultuous HR Environment Over the course of the pandemic, the world, and many worlds within it, well – changed. The world of HR Management was certainly one of these, and as you probably know all too well, long-accepted norms and practices were completely on their […]

The “Great Resignation” of 2022 was a top-of-mind issue for many companies and their HR departments. With a staggering 41% of the global workforce considering switching jobs, it seems the US-born phenomenon of “job-hopping” is now a global trend. Canadian HR companies should be worried also.[1] The reasons for this […]