In Sweden, the municipality of Gothenburg is experimenting with a project to reduce the number of working hours per day for a group of civil servants. The goal is to determine if working shorter hours could result in the same overall earnings and performance, by increasing productivity. The method has been proven in the second largest city in the country, at the Toyota company.
Here is a study that really goes against conventional wisdom: becoming a mother helps women to become “better employees.” The results of this recent study commissioned by Microsoft.
Researchers have found the key to explaining the dynamics behind virtual teams. The team members must be willing to continuously to work together and find advantages in terms of their personal development.
The phenomenon of job sharing is a solution that provides flexibility to employees wishing to spend more time with their families... It even improves employee retention. An overview.
You lay off an employee and are wondering if your severance package is up to date? Here are some trends in severance pays.
Beginning at the end of May, Workopolis is offering a new service called Scout to facilitate the work of recruitment and relieve personnel departments from the stress inherent in selecting candidates.
Membership by the Ontario Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) in the CCHRA, in effect since 1994, will be coming to an end on June 30.
The latest ranking from the Institute for Management Development (IMD) has just been released. There is little change in the top 10 from 2013. The United States remains in the lead. They are followed by Switzerland, Singapore and Hong-Kong, while Canada remains in 7th place.
On the same day, two newspaper bosses quit their jobs: Natalie Nougayrède, Director of the French daily Le Monde and Jill Abramson, Managing Editor of the New York Times. In both cases, management methods that were sometimes too forceful were put forward.
Hirings: State Street, the American currency broker, will create 100 new jobs in Montreal....(read more) Layoffs: As part of their restructuring plans, Wal-Mart Canada has laid off 750 people nationwide ... (read more)
A story in HRJob.ca 10 years ago comes back to my mind and this sentence in particular: “At one time or another everyone is a job applicant at least once in their life. This is always too easy to forget when you’re... too busy to work.”
According to an IPSOS-Reid study, less than half of Canadians say they are willing to move to take advantage of new job opportunities. The phenomenon could explain why companies are turning to the temporary foreign workers program.