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By Achkar Law | 4 Minutes Read August 18, 2020

The intricacies of progressive discipline

disciplineProgressive discipline uses a progression of consequences that gradually increase in severity to deal with the employee’s continued failure to meet expectations. While progressive discipline signifies that the employer takes these issues seriously, it also demonstrates a fairness with the use of proportionality, where the conduct is weighed against severity. It also allows the employee the opportunity to understand their shortcomings along with repeated multiple opportunities to correct their behaviour.

Article by Achkar Law / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Payroll / employment law, just cause dismissal, Just cause termination, performance, progressive discipline

By Marcia Scheffler | 4 Minutes Read May 24, 2016

Creating a stellar employee onboarding experience that helps employees soar!

employee-productivityStarting a new job is a bit like taking a trip. You do the research online, check out TripAdvisor, book your tickets, pre-book your seats, board the plane and hopefully everything goes well and you enjoy your vacation destination! This blog will go through the onboarding process for new employees in such way that employers can ensure new staff become engaged and performing members of the team as quickly as possible. That dream job should make you as happy as a dream vacation!

Pre-hire

Onboarding starts before an employee is hired. Employer branding and culture shaping messages help candidates to self-select to ensure a good fit. You can be sure that potential candidates are checking you out on LinkedIn, Facebook and Glassdoor, similar to the way travelers check TripAdvisor when planning a trip. At this point in the process, candidates and applicants need to be treated like customers and clients. … Continue reading “Creating a stellar employee onboarding experience that helps employees soar!”

Article by Marcia Scheffler / Employee Relations, Union Relations / Dream job, employee handbooks, employee onboarding, employment law, hiring process, Job descriptions, job training and cross training, manager and employee engagement, Mentor, new hire, onboarding process for new employees, peer buddy, performance, Social Network, Work Rules

By Marcia Scheffler | 4 Minutes Read February 24, 2014

Fostering gold medal performances in your organization

It’s been hard to miss the Olympics, and face it, who would have wanted to miss the exhilarating, elegant and extreme gold medal performances of the 2014 Sochi Olympics! Canadian athletes came out on top of the podium in multiple events including the nail-biting women’s gold medal hockey final and Alex Biloudeau’s flawless repeat gold medal run in moguls skiing. Russia had some incredible performances in figure skating from both an aging star and an emerging one in the team skate event.  Both Canada and Russia performed very well in the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Article by Marcia Scheffler / Employee Relations, Payroll / 2014 Sochi Olympics, Broad human resources issues, compensation plan, Corporate culture, corporate social responsibility, Corporate Values, culture of the organization, Fostering transformation at the organizational level, HR issues, leadership, organizational behaviour, organizational development, organizational practices, performance, performance management, sustainable business initiatives, training and development, workplace culture, workplace organizational behaviour

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