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March 2014

 

In This Issue

HR News of the Day

Canada's Global Competitiveness will suffer unless immigrants better integrated.

How to Avoid Becoming Your Company's Biggest Liability

Does my employee accrue vacation while on maternity leave?

Entering our fourth year of business, we’ve received a lot of questions from clients over the years and have noticed that there are several questions that recur over and over again. We decided to create a Frequently Asked Questions Series of blogs and will tackle one question per blog. This month’s question is Does my Employee Accrue Vacation While on Maternity Leave?

How to conduct an effective workplace investigation

You’ve just received a complaint from one of your employees that feels he is being bullied. What do you do? This article describes the 5 key components to an effective workplace investigation.

Health and Safety Blitz on Warehouse Hazards March 2014

The Ontario Ministry of Labour is focusing on warehouse hazards for its blitz for March 2014 with priorities focused on racking and storage systems; loading dock areas; lifting devices and forklifts; slips, trips & falls; mezzanine floors; and musculoskeletal disorders. Check out the ministry's website for more information.

3 Ways to Handle Criticism Like a Pro

With many organizations in the midst of performance review time, here's a timely article from Fast Company with 3 tips on how to handle criticism.

What We’ve Been Up To

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We are so thrilled to be working with the following new clients!

HomEquity Bank

Circus Strategic Communications

Ontario Agri-Food Technologies

La Capitale

PL Light Systems/Agrilight Inc.

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Will winter 2013/2014 ever end? Think this has been the longest, coldest, most-snowiest (wait, is that a word?) winter on record? Check out the winter of 1912. While it may still be a while till spring actually arrives regardless of when the calendar says it will, we are enjoying skiing, skating, snowboarding, etc. in our downtime and making the most of it! How are you and your employees coping with the winter?

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