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Government of Canada to eliminate immigrant investor and entrepreneur programs

On February 11, 2014, the Government of Canada announced its intention to terminate the Federal Immigrant Investor Program and Federal Entrepreneur Program and eliminate the large backlog of applications. These immigration-related announcements were contained in the Canadian Government’s 2014 Budget.

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Stepping up employment standards enforcement and education:

The province of Alberta is proceeding on plans to step up employment standards enforcement. These measures include…

Budget Bill receives royal assent:

The Bill to implement Ontario’s 2012–13 budgetary measures received royal assent on June 20, 2012, with significant amendments…

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Neither too little nor too much: HR spending and resignations

Here is one of the first interesting results produced from the Human Resources Metrics Service database. There is a clear relationship between what an organization spends on HR and the level of resignations it experiences...

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