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Events

HR Tech Summit Toronto

Location: Enercare Centre Toronto

Date: Jun 02, 2020

Summary:

The 2020 HR Tech Summit Toronto is about the technology advancement that affects today’s organizations and how the HR leaders will deal and utilize it for the future.

The event gathers over 1,000 HR and technology professionals across different industries in order to access the latest insights and successful strategies required to adapt to changes in the present and the future.

The theme for this year will focus on collaboration of technology and …

Events

HR Leaders’ Summit Vancouver

Location: Vancouver Convention Centre

Date: Apr 02, 2020

Summary:

The 2020 HR Leaders’ Summit Vancouver is a one-day event that features exclusive insights and the current HR training that leads to new opportunities and chance to communicate with the best HR leaders.

The event provides content that address topical issues for seasoned HR leaders and the wider HR audience. This was researched and developed with inputs coming directly from industry experts and is focused on the future of leadership in the HR field while …

Jobs

Human Resources Supervisor – 18 Month Opportunity

Job Location: Ottawa

Company Name: Children’s Aid Company in Ottawa

Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for applying and preserving HR-related tasks like recruitment, compensation and benefits, employee relations, retention, and the like.

Take the initiative to check the all HR services and provisions are effective and efficient.

Qualifications:

Education

Jobs

ERP Functional Analyst, Human Resources

Job Location: Saskatoon

Company Name: City of Saskatoon

Duties and Responsibilities:

Preparing and handling exercises, supporting the company’s program to achieve goals, analyze and take note of documents and requirements from all of the company’s fields, examine company data, organize activities, and come up with test scenarios and functional processes to benefit the company. 

Qualifications:

Education

Degree in business, commerce, …

Jobs

HR Information Systems and Business Analyst

Job Location: Toronto

Company Name: Toronto University

Duties and Responsibilities:

Deliver technical expertise, manage projects, configuration, testing, and customer support, recruitment, automated time collection, and talent management systems.

Qualifications:

Education

University degree and any related experience

Experience

A minimum of 5 years of experience as a business analyst or HR

HR news

A Slight Increase in The Number of Women On Boards

According to the recent data gathered by Statistics Canada, there is a slight increase in the women’s percentage on boards of directors in 2017.

The 2017’s dataset includes 31,266 directors from 10,108 corporations. 18.1 percent of the director seats were occupied by women compared to the 17.8 percent out of 30,486 directors in last 2016 data.

The percentages in which the boards comprised of entirely male individuals are 61.7 percent in 2016 and 61.2 percent in 2017. Boards with 1 female director in 2017 is 27.7 percent in 2017’s proportion compared to the 2016’s 26.6 percent. Boards with more than 1 female are…

HR news

Some of Ottawa’s Top Employers: StatCan, Shopify, NAV Canada

According to the annual competition run by Mediacorp Canada, the top employers of the National Capital Region include Statistics Canada, Shopify and NAV Canada.

The competition’s criteria involve the following:

physical workplace,

employee engagement and performance,

work atmosphere and communications,

health and family-friendly benefits,

financial benefits and compensation,

community involvement,

vacation and personal time off, and

training and skills development.

Anthony Meehan, publisher…

HR news

1 / 3 Workers Plan to Stay in Current Jobs

A report according to Achievers, the company that focused on employee recognition and rewards, stated that 33 percent of the employees had plan to maintain their jobs this 2020 compared to the 47 percent last 2019.

Two-thirds of the surveyed employees are likely to head for the exit and the possible reason is employee disengagement. According to Natalie Baumgartner, the chief workforce scientist of Achievers, said that a large portion of the current workforce are already taking steps on towards the exit and it was a huge shift compared to what they found last year.

52 percent stated that the pay was what discouraged …

Employment Law

What Are the Rules for Dismissal Of Probationary Employees

Can an employer have a probationary employee terminated with no notice?

The answer to that depends on the company’s policy and the corporate laws it follows. The employer will have to ensure that such termination is being handled properly.

According to most of Canada’s employment standards, n employer can terminate the probationary employee within the statutory period. This statutory period comprises the first three months, where in the terminated employee is subjected without just cause, notice or pay.

However, the said termination must be based solely on the term ‘suitability’. The term simply means…

Employment Law

Weed at Work

Last October 2018 in Canada, recreational use of cannabis was legalized. Unsurprisingly, the number of users increased and it has become a concern whether it will affect greatly in the workplace if the recreational use is practice the same way as smoking cigarettes.

It is already a fact how the use of marijuana affects the disposition of the user. However, for a business owner, having your employee under its influence during working periods, legalized it may be, will certainly cause worries about the performance and productivity. To avoid further damage, consider the following points:

You can …