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How to create a great team-building event for employees
How to create a great team-building event for employees
When it works, an off-site event or retreat for employees, can be a great team- and culture-defining enterprise. But when it goes off the rails, the money and effort spent on it, is often wasted.
First 72 hours of a crisis critical for corporate boards
What should a board do when a serious complaint arises respecting its CEO? The complaint may involve harassment, bullying, discrimination, retaliation, conflicts of interest, financial impropriety or other misconduct. The allegations may ultimately prove true, false or somewhere in between.
Court upholds ex-CEO's severance garnishing order
A company thought paying an executive's severance in monthly installments would let it hold onto the cash while the two sides fought in court. A British Columbia judge saw it differently, and the money stays locked up.
Judges' pay dispute highlights compensation reviews
More than 1,000 federally appointed judges are taking the Canadian government to court over its refusal to implement a recommended pay increase — and the dispute is exposing a tension that some compensation and HR leaders may encounter.
Nearly 80 per cent of job gains in Alberta
Alberta is home to roughly 12 per cent of Canada’s population, but it accounted for close to 80 per cent of nearly 80,000 jobs the national economy created in the past year, according to Statistics Canada.
Tech startups and use of AI in the workplace
AI is flooding into Canadian workplaces. Tech employers and current and prospective workers are now using AI to do everything from generate their resumes to review potential candidates and guide decisions about employees.
AI is learning to detect bullying bosses. Should you trust it?
A new category of workplace software promises to do what keyword filters never could. Using large language models, these tools scan emails, chats and meeting transcripts for bullying and harassment, weighing tone, context and recurring patterns across thousands of conversations.
The growing problem of ‘skill fishing’ in the hiring world
Most hiring managers know the feeling. A candidate confidently lists a long list of in-demand skills, but something about the conversation suggests the expertise may not be as deep as the resume implies, what experts are calling “skill fishing.”
Employee wellbeing hits new low: RBC Insurance poll
Employee wellbeing in Canada has declined across every metric, according to poll results from RBC Insurance. Canadians' overall level of wellbeing rated as excellent or good has dropped 9 percentage points to 56% in 2026 from 65% in 2025.
Employee monitoring tools require clear policies: expert
TD Bank Group’s decision to introduce employee monitoring software for some staff underscores the need for employers to balance productivity goals with employee privacy and transparency, says Devin Jarcaig, a partner at Mathers McHenry & Co.
On in-office days if sick I must take a sick day
Everyone works the same three days in the office and the other two days from home. If you’re too sick to come in on an in-office day, you must take a sick day, even if well enough to work remotely.
VW CEO outlines up to 50,000 more job cuts
Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume outlined a plan to eliminate as many as 50,000 more jobs globally as he attempts a far-reaching overhaul to reduce costs at Europe’s biggest carmaker. The German manufacturer’s overhead is higher than competitors’ by one-fifth.
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