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Firing of worker with breast cancer costs employer $22K
Financial hardship, job loss common for women diagnosed with breast cancer: Study
CHRP exam writers increase 50 per cent
Number of people without degrees triples, pass rates drop 30 per cent
Leadership needed on the farm
Agricultural industry facing labour shortage, lack of HR knowledge
Bullying most harmful harassment: Study
Victims report lower job and life satisfaction, increased anxiety and depression
News Briefs
B.C. cuts generic drug prices; Free flu vaccine for all Nova Scotians; Ontario begins consultations on 2-year wage freeze
3 things HR needs to know
Updates from Consult Carswell
Loyalty, commitment up since recession: Study
But as opportunities arise, employees likely to jump ship
Worker’s home burns, employer burns worker (Legal view)
B.C. grocer wrongly assumed worker quit after she disappeared for a month following blaze
High potentials necessary to thrive
Talent assessment helps reveal hidden gems
Small business underserved by HR: Poll
Profession hasn’t done good job getting message out to small organizations
Good HR for small firms in public interest (Analysis)
One-third of Canadians work for small firms, which are underserved by HR
Many sides to bargaining in bad faith
Fine line drawn between unlawful and ruthless negotiations hard to see
A litmus test for leaders
360-degree feedback reports can be looked at differently but action plan critical
When to call a lawyer
HR should know when experts are needed
Delivered right to your door
BLJC mails out revamped total rewards statements to workers
5 questions for maximizing total rewards
Aligning rewards with business strategy, communicating programs help firms make most of total rewards
Life, interrupted
Dealing with mental illness stigmas, myths
The new online HR destination (Editor’s notes)
Canadian HR Reporter launches new website
Accents, language issues in the workplace (Toughest HR question)
Need bona fide reason for discrimination
Mapping a healthy change trajectory (Guest commentary)
5 principles for successful change
Human lessons from G20 protests (Guest commentary)
HR principles sometimes counter-intuitive
Re-engaging the prematurely retired
Manitoba-born program targets middle-aged employees in bid to help businesses, particularly rural ones, find much-needed talent
Foreign worker wages: Open to negotiation?
LMOs outline required wages but can employers negotiate pay with workers themselves?
‘Break your back habits’
Alberta’s WCB unveils booklet, posters, calendar designed to educate employees about back pain treatment
Next print issue:
Sept 6, 2010
With a special look at Payroll

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