Psychological Health an Increasing Issue in Workplace

By Lindsay Macintosh, CHRP Psychological health has been a long-standing problem that has greatly impaired productivity of organizations and the well being of workers. There...

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Best Practices in Going Beyond Bill 14

Bill 14 is all the buzz in our HR world these days. Recently in the Fraser Valley, the Senior Leader Forum had an opportunity...

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Bullying and Harassment – Your HR Strategy Should be Prevention

By Cori Maedel Effective November 1, 2013, BC employers, supervisors and workers began operating under a new set of three legally binding WorkSafeBC policies. As...

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New WorkSafeBC Policies on Bullying and Harassment – A Review of the Duties of Employers in BC

By Michael Watt and Derek Frenette On July 1, 2012, Section 5.1(1)(a)(ii) of the Workers Compensation Act (the “Act”) was enacted. Part of this new...

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Is Your Workplace Psychologically Safe? Part One

By Cori Maedel, CHRP This is the first of a five part-series exploring the varied impacts of the National Standard, developed by the Mental Health...

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Not Myself Today: Opening Up to Mental Health

By Cheryl Otto BC’s Anti-Bullying legislation is not yet a year old and it has been the catalyst for opening up the dialogue around how...

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Mental Health at Work: Rethinking Responsibility

By Pam Paquet Every business has a human aspect and is subject to the resulting issues from imperfection. In most cases, the fallout from shortcomings...

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The Bully and Bill 14: Questions and Costs

By Graeme McFarlane There is an increasing awareness of bullying throughout society.  Much of the media coverage focuses on bullying that occurs in schools or...

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