With the winter season in full swing, employers may be concerned about the impact this can have on sick leave in Ontario workplaces. Handling short and long-term sick leave can be quite a daunting task to manage successfully. Unforeseen absences can impact your organization’s productivity and bottom line. It can result in communication failures, as […]
News and reports of sexual harassment in the workplace have been front and centre. The influx of these reports makes it very apparent that many organizations have systemic problems that perpetuate a toxic work environment. Employers have the responsibility to ensure the work environment is safe and free from any form of workplace harassment. What […]
People management is one of the toughest aspects of a manager’s job. It is particularly difficult for managers to deal with challenging employees who can potentially cause grave consequences for your organization. It is essential in today’s workplace to know how to deal with challenging employee situations directly and not allow them to fester in the workplace.
Unions are less relevant in today’s workplace due to increased globalization, consolidation, enhancements to technology, social media, a transient workforce, and alternative work arrangements, to name a few. As a result of these changes, payroll professionals are challenged more than ever to find creative ways to manage effectively within a unionized environment. Before identifying strategies on how to accomplish this, it is important to initially understand the key differences between unionized and non-unionized work environments.
Today’s reality requires payroll professionals to use both effective written and oral communication through various methods, including face-to-face interactions, e-mail and telephone.
One of the greatest challenges organizations face today is how to deal with older employees. Following the abolishment of mandatory retirement in 2006, Canadians are now working well into their 60s, 70s and even 80s.
You’re highly articulate in complicated negotiations and seasoned in court. But, when your firm is hiring and you’re interviewing prospects, are you asking the right questions?
In January, three months after allegations of sexual harassment prompted Marcel Aubut to resign as president of the Canadian Olympic Committee, his successor, Tricia Smith, apologized for the toxic workplace culture that had developed within the COC.
The line between personal and professional lives has gotten blurry. With increased social media usage in the workplace (read more about that on our blog here), and business communications now accessed by smartphones around the clock, it has become harder and harder to keep the two worlds separate. Yet when it comes to relationships in the workplace, the lines between personal and professional need to remain clear. Office romances may have become more common and less taboo than they once were, but the risks are ever-present.
What do you think about when you hear the term sexual harassment? Sexual harassment in employment is often believed to involve unwanted comments, contact or attention towards females by male perpetrators. Sexual harassment may be thought of in this way as a result of statistics that have shown there to be more reports of sexual […]
