Building healthy Employment Relationshsips in BC

Why Are We Losing Money?

Regardless of the size of your company, if you hire people to work for you; you need to seriously think about the process you are using to do that. It seems easy enough – you have a job to be filled– you place an ad – and people apply . . . but the reality …

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Bullying in the Workplace

I recently had the opportunity to speak on the Bill Good show (CKNW Radio 980) about the topic of workplace bullying and whether or not employers should be concerned about bullying. (This interview is approximately 30 minutes long. It includes other speakers at the beginning of the interview and we recommend listening to the whole …

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Social Media Policies

Let’s face it. Social media is not going away any time soon. As much as there are some very beneficial aspects to social media and on line networking, we must also realize that there is also a dark side and employers must protect themselves. their clients and customers, and their employees. Employers must accept some responsibility for …

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When should you do a Workplace-Investigation?

I recently asked a question on one of my Linked In networking sites as to when a workplace-investigation should ensue. I was somewhat surprised to see the responses I received in that other professionals had differing viewpoints and I expected more alignment. The truth of the matter is – it really depends on the organizational …

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Bullying in the schoolyard and beyond

I’ve been part of a couple of discussion boards regarding bullying and there is no doubt that this behaviour negatively impacts the schoolyard and eventually, our workplaces. Bullying is destructive behaviour that hurts other people and most certainly impacts businesses in a negative way. In an attempt to correct this behaviour, we develop policies. School …

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Welcome – We Hope You’ll Stay A While

Many years ago, I had the good fortune of working for a manager in an organization that took the whole new employee orientation and integration process very seriously. I stayed with the organization for 18 years. Of course, I didn’t appreciate what kind of an impact this type of employee integration and solid leadership would …

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Ontario’s Bill 168 + BC’s Bill 14

Ontario’s OHS Bill 168 has had its first case go through the courts and after a verbal threat was made by one co-worker to another the person uttering the threats was fired. Now, at first glance, it may seem like over-kill to be terminated for a verbal threat but I think that people should be able …

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Best Places to Work – Really?

Have you ever been employed at one of the “Best Places to Work” and wondered, what is behind the rating? What the criteria are to measure the designation? When I was first offered a position at one of the best places to work, you can’t imagine my excitement. Wow! I’d been waiting a long time to have this …

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Taking time to Find the Right Person for Your Job

Finding the right person for your job isn’t easy. If it were; we’d all be happy and businesses would be humming along contentedly without any conflict whatsoever because we’d all be living in the fantasy world as illustrated in the satirical movie, “The Stepford Wives”. So, we need to be honest here and figure out …

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Workplace-Investigations – Harassment & Bullying

With more and more folks becoming aware of human rights and anti-bullying legislation coming into effect (Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan have passed provincial legislation against bullying and BC now has an advocacy group – http://bullyfreebc.ca) there has been an increase in complaints being brought forward concerning bullying, not only to employers but also to human …

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