Human Resources

Winter 2022 InnFocus
Northern BC HR Consultant Sarah Best writes an article about Recruiting Management Staff for InnFocus.

Compensation & Retention Strategies
Manager of Industry Human Resources and Mental Health Ginger Brunner writes an article about Compensation and Retention Strategies for the Quarterly Pour.
Click the link below to go to the Fall 2021 Edition of the Quarterly Pour Magazine, or read the article below!

Summer 2022 The Quarterly Pour
go2HR writes an article about Making Mental Health a Priority in the Workplace for the Quarterly Pour.

Fall 2022 The Quarterly Pour
Manager of Industry Human Resources and Mental Health, Ginger Brunner wrote an article about Building a Positive Workplace Culture for the Quarterly Pour.

Winter 2022 The Quarterly Pour
Senior VP, Arun Subramanian wrote an article about the Importance of Team for The Quarterly Pour.

Managing Workplace Conflict
Conflict is a reality—whether in our personal lives or at work. The question is often not about how conflict can be eliminated, but how it can be proactively addressed and managed.
Click the link below to go to the Spring 2023 Edition of the InnFocus Magazine, or read the article below!

Summer 2023 The Quarterly Pour
Vancouver, Coat & Mountain HR Consultant, Cindy Conti wrote an article about Dealing with Absenteeism for the Quarterly Pour.

A Step By Step Approach to Determine Your Return on Training Investment
Organizations typically focus on measures of attendance, completion, and trainee satisfaction to determine the success of training initiatives. The problem is that these metrics fail to help the business understand if the training delivered the business impact that the training was intended to achieve. How do you determine if your investment in training is worthwhile?
Wrongful Dismissal Damages and Pension Benefits
In IBM Canada v. Waterman, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) has considered the deductibility of pension benefits from wrongful dismissal damages in a decision that may also have implications for the deductibility of other types of payments.

Damages Reduced for Failure to Accept Recall After Improper Layoff
A British Columbia production supervisor has successfully sued his former employer for wrongful dismissal after he was laid off indefinitely, but the BC Supreme Court reduced the worker’s damages by half because the worker refused the employer’s offer of recall.