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By Occasional Contributors | 2 Minutes Read February 6, 2013

Lobbying

Lobbying is one form of advocacy, and refers to a paid person communicating with government employees or politicians in order to influence a government decision, legislation, policy or programs. Lobbying can be in the form of face-to-face communication, phone calls, faxes, emails, letters, or any other form of communication.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Not for Profit / Advocacy and Public Policy, advocacy work, charitable status, consultants, form of communication, funding, government decision, government employees or politicians, Income Tax Act, legislation, Lobbying, Lobbyists, NFP board members, not-for-profit board members, not-for-profits, policies on lobbying, policy or programs, public policy, registration of lobbyists, Unpaid volunteers, volunteers

By Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA | 3 Minutes Read October 23, 2012

Thinking about customer relationship management

The concept of customer relationship management (CRM) has long-existed before it was given a designation. In fact, it is a not-so-new buzzword that sounds wonderful, but is actually very hard to implement. What CRM refers to is a kind of cross-functional business strategy that allows organizations to learn more about their customers.

Article by Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA / Business, Finance and Accounting / Business, business relations, business strategy, consultants, CRM, CRM solution, cross-functional business strategy, customer information, customer interaction, customer relationship management, customer support, customers, data network, data-gathering techniques, enterprise-wide database, federal and provincial privacy legislation, high-quality data, management, salesperson, shipments, shipping, small and medium enterprises, small business, Small to medium size businesses, software

By Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation | 4 Minutes Read January 5, 2012

Misclassification of workers: contractors or consultants?

I have often written and spoken about misclassification of workers, specifically that many organizations agree to call workers “contractors” or “consultants” even though they are, in reality, employees. The bottom line is that our courts and government agencies, including the Canada Revenue Agency, will not be swayed by the terms used in a document or the manner in which parties describe their relationship. They will look at the reality of the situation, and...

Article by Rudner Law, Employment / HR Law & Mediation / Employee Relations, Employment Standards / Canada Revenue Agency, consultants, contractor, contractors, employee or self-employed, employment contracts, employment law, employment relationship, independent contractors, Misclassification of workers

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