Permanent Recruiting
HR Tips and Features
Here we share the latest tips, features and how-tos relating to recruiting and maintaining a top flight team.

5 Best Practices for On-boarding Seasonal Workers: Temporary Recruiting and Staffing
Whether they need to increase capacity in their retail or online store, help tax filers submit returns on time, ensure that landscape crews are properly staffed — and the list of examples goes on — businesses of all sizes rely on seasonal workers to increase capacity, meet customer expectations and …
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Court Rules that “Dependent Contractors” are Entitled to Termination Notice
One of the most important workforce distinctions that employers must make is between employees and independent contractors. Per the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000, generally speaking employees: Do not provide their own tools, materials or equipment to do their work. Are paid a fixed rate (e.g. salary) that is not …
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How a Bad Hire Can Trigger Constructive Dismissal
How a Bad Hire Can Trigger Constructive Dismissal Organizations that hire a new employee who has a negative history with a current employee, may find themselves on the wrong end of a constructive dismissal lawsuit and forced to deal with lasting reputation damage. Just ask Thunder Bay-based Tbaytel. …
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Employers could be Liable for Negative References
Employers could be Liable for Negative References Nobody knows exactly when checking references became a staple crop on the human resource landscape. Perhaps a time machine would reveal that our prehistoric cave-dwelling ancestors did some background work to ensure that the Columbian Mammoth hunter they were recruiting ticked all …
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What Employers Should Know About Employees Taking Sick Leave
While there are many human resource-related issues that can cause confusion and spark conflict, few are as problematic as what employers can and cannot ask when an employee goes on extended sick leave. This is because employers need to: Show their employee that they care. Ensure they comply with all …
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Why "We Don’t Have any Real HR Problems" Means you need an HR Strategy ASAP
Why “We Don’t Have any Real HR Problems” Means You Need an HR Strategy ASAP If you can claim that your business “doesn’t have any real HR problems,” then instead of calculating how much money you’re saving on staff and technology, it’s in your best interest to heed this advice: …
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What Employers Need to Know About Joint Health and Safety Committees
A joint health and safety committee (JHSC) is comprised of both worker and employer representatives, who work collaboratively to improve health and safety conditions across the work environment. Typical JHSC tasks include identifying health and safety issues (occuring, alleged and potential), inspecting the workplace, raising awareness of health and safety, …
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Employers: 3 Ways to Support Working Parents during Back-to-School Season
Employers: 3 Ways to Support Working Parents during Back-to-School Season While much of the world divides the calendar up into four seasons — each with its lofty poetic imagery — many working parents are somewhat more down-to-earth, and divide the year into two phases: “thankfully, it’s not back-to-school season,” and …
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5 Ways that Human Resources Drives Sales Success
While they have certainly not been avowed foes or mortal enemies, human resources and sales have traditionally not worked in the same space — and that was fine with both camps. Human resources focused on issues like recruiting, compliance and terminations, while sales focused on nurturing prospects into customers. So …
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Is Your Applicant Screening Process Closing the Door on Great New Hires?
Is Your Applicant Screening Process Closing the Door on Great New Hires? When it comes to recruiting, the purpose of screening applicants is to identify the most suitable candidates – and separate them from those that don’t make the cut. Surprisingly however, many organizations — and especially smaller and mid-sized …
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