employee retention

Employee motivation is the key to higher retention rates

March 13, 2017 Beyond Rewards Inc Employee Relations, Human Resources, Training and Development

Employee morale and employee retention go hand in hand. If employees do not feel motivated at work, they will most likely start to look for a new job elsewhere. Tracking employee morale is essential for measuring retention rates within a company. The only precise way to measure employee morale is fairly easy: ask the employees directly.

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HR practitioners: The new HR mandate

March 7, 2017 Deveen Hunter Employee Relations, HR Analytics, HR and Technology, HR Policies and Procedures, HRMS, Human Resources, Privacy and Security, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development

The trend toward chaos and fear not only exists within the context of politics and social issues, it is also a business or an organizational issue. Albeit for entirely different reasons, businesses are nervous and looking for solutions. A survey of Canadian CEOs revealed that they are concerned about many things; herein the top worries are listed.

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Part 1 of 5: Getting started with people analytics, 10 common questions

April 25, 2016 PeopleInsight Workforce Analytics Employee Relations, HR Analytics, HR Policies and Procedures, HRMS, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring

For many in HR, getting serious about workforce analytics represents a change to the way things have been. To help navigate this change, we’ve put together answers to 10 of the most common concerns and questions we get asked by HR professionals as they are looking to get started with workforce analytics. In this blog, we’ll cover three of these concerns/questions. Stay tuned for our follow-on blogs that will cover the remaining seven.

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Three CHRO hot topics- 3 of 3

February 22, 2016 PeopleInsight Workforce Analytics Employee Relations, HR Analytics, HR Policies and Procedures, HRMS, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development

This 3rd Hot Topic is: We need to get a better understanding of manager impact.

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Employee motivation as the key to higher retention rates

February 16, 2016 Beyond Rewards Inc Employee Relations, HR Analytics, HR Policies and Procedures, HRMS, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, Union Relations

Employee morale and employee retention go hand in hand. If employees do not feel motivated at work, they will most likely start to look for new jobs elsewhere.

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Does management limit engagement?

September 16, 2013 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, Wages and Compensation

“Disengagement is not an employee problem. It is a hangover from the Industrial Age that invented a middle tier in companies so useless and intrusive that a cartoon strip called Dilbert is the best picture we have of how it functions.” Those are the words of author Chuck Blakeman. What do you think?

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HRinfodesk poll result and commentary: Offering group health and life insurance benefits plan provides you with a competitive edge in the job market

May 23, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Source Deductions and Reporting, Wages and Compensation

How does your group health and life insurance benefits plan compare to the plan offered by other companies? That is the question we asked our readers in one of our recent polls. Out of 196 respondents,…

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Six steps to summer student success and a sustainable labour force for the future

July 23, 2012 Marcia Scheffler Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, Wages and Compensation

Senior managers and HR directors alike agree that the main challenge facing organizations in the future will be finding and keeping skilled labour. I’d like to suggest that your organization can start the process of recruiting future employees by providing a positive and successful experience to summer students. I outline six steps on how to do this…

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Could these counterintuitive policies work for your company?

July 11, 2012 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources

Flexible scheduling, telecommuting, broad benefit plans, and so on can hardly be considered unorthodox anymore. But what about increasingly creative efforts to make and keep employees happy? It’s old news that Google’s offices feature games, free food and massages in a casual and comfortable atmosphere. Many others have followed suit. Take a look at these counterintuitive employment policies.

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HR’s role in Apple’s success

March 28, 2012 Occasional Contributors Employee Relations, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development

What is it about the Apple Store that’s just so great? Is it the super chic product line? The fact that you can tinker with just about anything in there? The super modern layout and design? All of those things are neat, sure, but I’d argue there’s something more—something you may not have paid as much attention to…

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Work-life balance incentives

April 19, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Human Resources, Human Rights, Recruiting and Hiring

Quebec launches a work-life balance initiative that is said to be unique in all the world. Let’s hope it catches on in other provinces and territories.

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Conflicting views on engagement?

April 14, 2011 Adam Gorley Health and Safety, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring

There are a lot of factors to employee engagement. Some employees need recognition, in the form of pay, benefits, seniority or favour. Others need to feel that they are part of the company and have a stake in its success. Still others need to feel a connection to their work; it must be creative and challenging. Most workers probably need some balance of all these factors. I know I wouldn’t last long in a dull and repetitive environment. But I also would feel unappreciated if I weren’t remunerated appropriately.

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New guide to CSR for small and medium businesses

January 13, 2011 Adam Gorley Employee Relations, Human Resources

A business research centre at Cardiff University, Wales, has teamed up with the British arm of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants to release a new guide on corporate social responsibility (CSR) for small and medium-sized businesses, called The ABC of CSR for small and medium enterprises. If you don’t mind the Welsh, and can handle reading “programme” instead of “program”, then you might find this guide offers some valuable lessons.

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Time for compensation planning

January 5, 2011 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Payroll, Wages and Compensation

The beginning of a new year is the usual time for owners, managers, HR and payroll professionals to work on their compensation planning. The objective of compensation planning is determining what to pay employees to entice them to continue to work for your company.

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Organizational behaviour Part I: what is it and why is it important for employers?

July 16, 2010 Christina Catenacci Human Resources

Organizational behaviour has been defined as the field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structures have on behaviour within organizations, particularly workplaces, in order to improve the organization’s effectiveness. But is it important for employers to understand organizational behaviour?

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