In Nova Scotia it is a legal requirement for employers to provide employees with both vacation time-off and vacation pay. Many employers do not understand the concept of vacation time-off versus vacation pay. In laymen’s terms, employees with less than 8 years’ service are entitled to 2 weeks’ vacation time-off. Their vacation pay, however, is […]
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Employee Retention – It’s Not About The Money
A number of years ago I headed the HR department in a 900+ technical support centre. As everyone knows contact and technical support centres typically have high employee turnover; anywhere from on average 75% annually to as high as 200% annually, and sometimes beyond! Our turnover averaged 11% annually. How did we do it? Fact […]
The importance of vacations
Employees need work – life balance. Vacation time-off is one key to maintaining this balance. Having said this, over the years HR pros have met some employers who have no issue with paying vacation pay earned but discourage vacation time-off. What these employers fail to understand is that employees need time away from work. Each […]