Foreign temporary workers: launch of a pilot project in the Yukon North American employees lack career prospects
Companies remain cautious Canadians lacking holidays Is experience more important than education? Employment stable in June
Google is unanimous among students in business and engineering schools, who have placed the company in first rank of their favourite companies. This is what the survey by Universum’s 2013 IDEAL Canadian Employer Rankings found, conducted among 29,000 Canadian undergraduate students. The preference says a lot about how they envisage their future professional life.
The functions of a leader are becoming more and more broadly defined among human resources managers and directors worldwide. Overview of the survey conducted by the American Management Association among 1200 respondents in 40 countries.
Three Statistics Canada analysts looked at the evolution of employment conditions for youth over the last three years. Results of the comparison: despite longer schooling, they are finding it harder to enter the labour market. However, the 15-34 age group are unequal in terms of employment.
The 13th Canada’s Healthy Workplace Month, which will take place from next October 1st to 28th, has the theme this year “Fostering Healthy Minds at Work…the mental health connection”. Presented by Great West Life Insurance Company, through its corporate responsibility program, and managed by Excellence Canada, the operation aims to recognize and implement initiatives that favour psychological health and safety at work.
Internal training undertaken by workers Employment continues to grow in Canada
A recent article published by Borys Groysberg and Deborah Bell of Harvard University was titled “Talent Management: Boards Give Their Companies an ‘F’”. The dunces are found in the sectors of industry and energy. Those who fared best are telecoms, IT and the health sector.
If there is no provision in the collective agreement, an employer may not unilaterally impose a mandatory, random and unannounced alcohol screening test. This is the decision just rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada in Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, Local 30 vs. Irving Pulp & Paper.
Finding a job the suits our expectations is more difficult for young people and seniors. At least this is what a great majority of Canadian workers think as interviewed by the last Workmonitor survey conducted by Randstad.
In the second quarter of the year, CFOs seem to have regained confidence in the North American economy, according to a study conducted by Deloitte. The results show national hiring prospects are rising and investment in growth activities increasing.
In Canada, 42% have seen workplace misconduct. However, nearly half of them would not report it, according to an Ipsos Reid survey on workplace ethics.