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 Incalculable Costs of Workplace Death, Injury and Illnesses and the National Day of Mourning
Sunday April 28, 2013 is the National Day of Mourning. The purpose of the National Day of Mourning is twofold – to remember and honour those lives lost or injured and to renew the commitment to improving health and safety in the workplace – and to prevent further deaths, injuries and diseases from work by […]