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The Court of Appeal for Ontario has recently rendered a decision in a prosecution under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) that has broad implications for employers. In addition to implications for workplace safety, the case also has critical implications for employer discipline of workers for safety contraventions.


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Recruitment: Workforce mobility drives innovation
Canadian strategies lag far behind global leaders
Written by Laurie Blake   
Read more... Microsoft Canada’s urbane VP of human resources blazes the way for flexible work, part-time workers,including new canadians, and making the workplace fun.

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Fun, with caution
Safety Incentives need a different approach
Written by Michelle Morra   
One of your key responsibilities as an HR professional is making sure employees are happy. You want them to produce and you especially want them to stay. So you invest in ways to encourage, motivate, and reward them. Gift certificates for chi-chi restaurants for anyone who exceeds their sales quota. A hoodie for anyone who fills out your annual employee satisfaction survey. Golf clubs for 30 years of service. Incentives brighten everyone’s day — even yours! They’re the feel-good part of your job.

But type in “safety incentives” as a search term in an online discussion group, and you’ll find pages of passionate arguments for and against.

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Bounce back from a layoff…higher, healthier and happier
How can you help laid-off workers make the transition to new work?
Written by Anita Caputo   
As an HR professional, you probably are or have been heavily involved in the process of laying workers off in times change. As a representative of the company, you appreciate that most layoffs are business decisions, but you are faced with people, not statistics. It is even more difficult for you if these are people you know and like. How do you help them, in some way, as they go out the door? Unless you have been there yourself, it is hard to imagine how you can help them be optimistic without sounding trite. This article offers useful insights from the experience of successful job-seekers in a very difficult job market.

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The upside to the downturn
Seven ways to strengthen your business during economic tough times
Written by David Giannetto   
The financial news of the past few weeks in the U.S. and Eastern Canada's manufacturing sector has left many a business owner panicked, anxious, and mentally writing their company's obituary. Chin up, says author and consultant David Giannetto. You can actually use the economic downturn to create a better organization.

If you're a business owner, it's likely that some of your recent workdays have gone something like this: You bolt awake (probably after a sleepless night!), grab the financial section of the paper, and turn on your TV to get the latest worrisome financial news. Then, once you make it to work, you lock yourself in your office to carefully examine your company's financial projections for the next few months, wringing your hands as you fret over every possible worst case scenario. Sound familiar? If so, it's time for the handwringing to stop - and the smart thinking to begin.

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Seven sizzling solutions to predictable hourly stressors
Improve your productivity by finding solutions to stressors connected to hours of the day
Written by Karla Brandau   
There is a significant relationship between time management and stress management. If you are a better time manager, you experience less stress and if you manage your stress, you are a better time manager. Time and stress are siblings. If they get along, everything is rosy but if they fight, life is pretty is miserable.

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