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Job Growth Slows in February — but Still Beats Expectation

The Canadian labour market added a surprising 21,800 jobs in February. This was 11,800 higher [1] than some analysts had predicted in light of the Bank of Canada’s ongoing attempt to engineer an economic slowdown. However, it was significantly lower than the staggering 115,000 jobs[2] that were added in January. […]

Canadian Employers Expect to Face Hiring Challenges in 2023

Survey: 75% of Canadian Employers Expect to Face Hiring Challenges in 2023 As if the past few years weren’t difficult and tumultuous enough on the HR landscape, a new survey(1)  has revealed that 75% of Canadian employers expect to face big hiring challenges in 2023. According to the survey, which […]

Gartner Lists Top 9 Challenges for HR Leaders in 2023

A new year brings fresh possibilities, some ambitious resolutions (note: that treadmill isn’t going to use itself), and a flurry of challenges. To help organizations understand and prepare for what lies ahead on the HR landscape, Gartner [1] has listed the top 9 challenges for HR leaders in 2023: “Quiet hiring” […]

Survey: Nearly Half of Canadian Employers Plan on Adding Staff in 2023

Survey: Nearly Half of Canadian Employers Plan on Adding Staff in 2023 The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey [1] for the first quarter of 2023 has found that 46 percent of employers across Canada plan on hiring this year, while only 13 percent plan on cutting back. The rest either […]

Survey: Timely and Meaningful Recognition is a Key to Avoiding Employee Burnout

A new survey has found that appropriate recognition — and not necessarily increased remuneration — could hold the key to reducing employee burnout. Employee burnout across Canada is on the rise, with 38 percent of all workers — and a whopping 97 percent aged 18-34 — saying that they feel […]

Canadian Employers Want — and Increasingly Need — Better Work-Life Balance

Although the cost of living is top-of-mind for many employees across Canada — driven by surging inflation, increasing debt, and deep concerns about a comfortable retirement (or make that the lack of comfortable retirement) — employers may be surprised, if not shocked, to discover that the number one thing that […]

100% of Employers That Participated in Four-Day Workweek Project Say They’re Making it Permanent 

All employers that participated in a six-month, four-day workweek experiment have concluded that the approach was so successful on every level, that they are making it permanent. The pilot project, which was coordinated by the UK-based non-profit organization 4 Day Week Global, involved 33 companies and nearly 1,000 employees in […]

How Employers Can Help Employees Save for Retirement (and it’s FREE)

It has been said — and sung — that what goes up, must come down. Just don’t mention this to the growing number Canadians who are finding it extremely difficult to save for retirement amid skyrocketing inflation and interest rates. In a new survey by BDO Canada, 71 percent of […]

Workers in Federally Regulated Sectors Now Entitled to 10 Days of Paid Sick Leave

As of December 1, 2022, nearly one million workers across Canada in all federally regulated private sector workplaces are now entitled to 10 days of paid sick leave (medical leave with pay). Workers who have been continuously employed for at least 30 days will be able to access the first […]

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