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Human Resource professionals can actually save the world!!!

September 23, 2016 Deveen Hunter Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Recruiting and Hiring

There are some professions that are automatically seen as having a strong impact on our world and are accepted as having the capability of making our world a better place. Human Resource Management however is often seen as having the potential to make significant impact on business success, rarely do we extend that assessment to the economy and nation building. But the Human Resource profession may just be the answer to some of the social, political and economic challenges being faced in Canada today.

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Canadian unretirement

March 20, 2013 Occasional Contributors Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Human Rights, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Wages and Compensation

With recent changes to Canada’s old age security pension, Canadians and retirement have been in the spotlight. According to Scotiabank’s annual investment poll, over 30 percent of Canadians plan to retire later, up from 27 percent in 2011. It’s not news that Canadians are retiring later than they did a decade ago, but why?

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Making Canada’s asylum system faster and fairer has potential ramifications for Canadian businesses

February 20, 2013 Occasional Contributors Corporate Immigration, Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring

The refugee determination process has been a hotly debated topic in Canadian immigration. These changes could affect the Canadian workforce, which has been experiencing a shortage of skilled labour in a number of provinces. It is too early to say whether these change will be a good move or a bad one for Canada, but it is evident that Canada will be accepting more refugees than ever before.

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