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  • Better integration needed to attract/retain new Canadians

    With many industry sectors still facing a tight labour market, Canadian organizations are increasingly turning to immigrants as a source for talent. A White Paper released by the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations outlines a comprehensive action plan to enable HR professionals, businesses and governments to maximize the potential of new Canadians.

  • Employee benefits have gone to the dogs

    According to a national survey of working adults commissioned by Workplace Options, U.S. provider of work-life employee benefits in three out of five workers own pets. Of those responding, 43% said they would use employer-provided services to help find resources for their pets if they were offered.

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  • Are you getting bangs for your tuition reimbursement bucks?

    Many of your employees are heading back to classes along with their children this fall, and if your organization reimburses tuition the company is footing all or part of the bill. But chances are you have not set corporate objectives for these programs, and therefore you have no idea what, if any, return you are getting on your investment.

  • Brockville seeks branding as telecommuters' haven

    Interested in buying a house by the water cheap? The town of Brockville, Ontario thinks that if your workplace is only a "click of the mouse" away, your employees might hold the key to stemming the city's brain drain.

  • "Five minutes about managing vacation envy" with Ceridian's Estelle Morrison

    Summer is almost over, and yet many Canadians have still not used up any of their annual vacation days. In this week's podcast, Ceridian Director of Health Management Estelle Morrison discusses managing the "vacation envy" of those who didn't get away, and practical strategies for employers who want to ensure their employees get regular R&R.

  • Fighting the rising cost of fuel: Employers, employees look at incentives

    As soaring gas prices increasingly influence employee decisions about how far and how often they are prepared to commute to work, employers need to consider innovative and sustainable policies to attract and retain staff.

  • Salary budgets in Canada, U.S. continue to climb

    Results from the 35th Annual WorldatWork Salary Budget Survey, the largest survey of its kind, show pay budgets growing steadily from 2008 to 2009 in the U.S. and Canada.

  • Five minutes on ... working conditions of new Canadian immigrants

    In this week's podcast, Peter Smith, a scientist at the Institute for Work and Health discusses two new IWH studies showing recent immigrants not only have poorer job situations than Canadian-born workers, but immigrant men are also twice as likely to sustain workplace injuries that require medical care.

  • High gas costs fuel increase in telecommuting

    Over the next several years, a growing number of Canadian workers will be dialing, rather than driving, into work, according to a recent survey.

  • Developing good policies on off-hours technology use

    Suggested guidelines for U.S. employers on how employees use company wireless devices such as BlackBerrys and iPhones will be of interest to Canadian organizations developing a policy for technology use.

  • Employers to increase mileage rates, survey shows

    Financial relief is on the way for employees who use their own vehicles for business travel, according to a recent online survey provided exclusively to EBNC by Hewitt Associates.

  • "Five minutes on ..." the four-day work week to save energy costs

    In this week's podcast we chat with Ryan Lanyon, team lead of Smart Commute -- a Metrolinx program that promotes and organizes alternate travel options with employers and commuters -- about the Canadian response to Utah's recent move to save energy costs by moving to a four-day work week.

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