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Have you heard? Our annual Ontario Employment Law Conference is next week

June 3, 2014 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Accessibility Standards, Conferences, Human Resources, Payroll

You’ve probably already heard about the Ontario Employment Law Conference coming up on June 10—that’s next Tuesday!—but have you registered yet?

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Three of the most popular articles this week on HRinfodesk

November 21, 2013 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employee Relations, Human Resources, Privacy and Security, Recruiting and Hiring

Three popular articles this week on HRinfodesk deal with privacy in the workplace, using social media in recruiting and managing and the enactment of a Bill to make the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario a regulatory body.

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Give the gift of yourself: Mentorship programs at work

December 11, 2012 Marcia Scheffler Employee Relations, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, Training and Development

One of the most valuable gifts you can ever give or be given is the chance to be in a mentoring relationship. When respected professionals reflect back on their careers many will site a significant mentoring relationship as a pivotal trigger or support to their current success. Many companies and professions have formal or informal mentoring programs set up.

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Slaw: Human Resources Professional Association of Ontario as a regulator

December 20, 2010 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Human Resources

Bill 138, the Registered Human Resources Professionals Act, 2010 received first reading in the Ontario Legislature on November 23, 2010. The aim of the Bill is to make human resources…

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Employment standards changes: Bill 68, Open for Business Act, 2010

May 18, 2010 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources

On May 17, 2010, the Ontario government tabled Bill 68, Open for Business Act, 2010. The aim of the Bill is to…

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Don’t underestimate conflicts that arise from harassment

January 29, 2010 Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor Health and Safety, Human Resources

One other session I attended at the 2010 Ontario HRPA conference was Andrew Lawson’s on Protecting your organization from the workplace bully. He made a couple of good points on the topic of workplace harassment that I would like to share with you.

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