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By Deveen Hunter | 4 Minutes Read September 23, 2016

Human Resource professionals can actually save the world!!!

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.

Article by Deveen Hunter / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights / aging workforce, Canadian workforce, economic growth and development, employment law, hiring practices, HR, HR issues, HR professionals, HRM, Human Resource Management, Human Resource profession, Human Resource professionals, human rights, immigrate skilled labour, Immigration Law, Multinational corporations, Syrian refugees

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read March 20, 2013

Canadian unretirement

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?

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Payroll / baby boomers, Business, businesses, Canadian workforce, Canadians plan to retire later, contributing to their RRSP, Human resource managers, investment priorities, living longer, lost time at retirement, old age security pension, RBC RRSP poll, retirement, retirement savings, retirement trends, RRSP contributions, Scotiabank’s annual investment poll, seniors, Statistics Canada, the recession, workforce

By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read February 20, 2013

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

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.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Employee Relations, Immigration / asylum system, Business, Canadian businesses, Canadian immigration, Canadian workforce, Citizenship and Immigration, company culture, competitive advantage, employment law, Foreign workers, Hiring foreign workers, human resource development, legitimate refugees, Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act, skilled labour, small businesses, work permits

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