Oh Cannabis! Employers Can Anticipate Appeal to Higher Court

By Ryan McFarlane On April 11, 2011, Ontario Superior Court Justice Donald Taliano ruled in the case of R. v. Mernagh that the Canadian medical...

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Is YouTube the Future of Training?

By David Creelman If you want to learn how to prune an apple tree you could take out a book from the library, sign up...

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Entitlement to Time Off to Vote in Federal Elections

By Dominique Launay, Karen M. Sargeant and Brian P. Smeenk On each occasion of a federal election, questions arise about the right of an employee...

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Complexity Made Simple?

The headliner of BC HRMA's 2011 Conference in Vancouver, capitalist titan Kevin O'Leary punched out the paradoxical theme and summed it up in a...

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BC HRMA Announces 2011 Professional Award Winners

On April 15, 2011, the BC Human Resources Management Association (BC HRMA) announced the winners of its annual awards - the HR Professional of...

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Whose Computer Is it, Anyway?

By Robert Smithson In today’s workplace, many employers provide their staff with electronic devices with which to perform duties. From cellular telephones to laptop computers,...

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Finders, Keepers: Recruitment and Retention in a Changing World

By Anya Levykh Back in the good old days of HR, when a job needed a body, an ad was put in the paper, resumes magically...

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Dealing with the Insolent, Insubordinate or Disobedient Employee

By James D. Kondopulos Employers need not put up with a recalcitrant employee or workplace malcontent indefinitely.  An employee who is insolent, insubordinate or...

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