We hear the word Recognition over and over and it is often associated with Rewards. Many employers shy away from an “R&R” program because it becomes extra work that has to be managed and therefore, too time consuming for them even to think about. However, recognition is at the root of who we are as […]
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Compensation – The Key To Making It Work
Compensation is the biggest expense that employers typically have. It’s what attracts employees and, what we believe, keeps employees. It some cases it’s true and in some it’s not, however, what’s most important to employees is not necessarily how much they get paid but whether they believe they are compensated fairly for what they do. […]
Connecting Your Benefits to Total Rewards
Total Rewards are all the tools available to an employer that are used to attract, retain and motivate employees. They evolve from the corporate strategy and purpose and to be most effective aligned with your employee’s needs as well. Typically, we think of Total Rewards elements individually but once we start looking at them as […]
Six Top Human Resources Tips
Each year marks change for us as business owners and leaders. We often don’t get enough planning time but it is a crucial aspect of our business success. With the lightning fast pace we live in, global economic impacts and demands and rapid technology shifts, sound Human Resource management is becoming an ever increasing important […]
AODA – It’s Coming – Don’t Be Caught!
September is here and in some ways it signals the beginning of a new year. With kids back to school it’s time to get back to business and have a look at the year ahead. On the horizon of January 1, 2012 is the Accessibility for Ontarians Disability Act (AODA). What it is Ontario has taken the […]
A Fine Balance – How to Manage Stress Related Illness and Maintain A Productive Workplace
Stress related health issues are currently the leading reason for long-term disability claims, and are becoming more predominant on a daily basis. Longer hours, more complex work, tighter deadlines and a myriad of personal issues thrown into the mix will ensure that stress related illnesses don’t go away any time soon. As employers, on our […]
5 Low Cost, High Impact Rewards
5 Low-Cost, Intangible Rewards That Can Have a Big Impact on the Bottom Line As HR Practitioners, we are truly transforming into Business Professionals with an HR Acumen. In the turbulent economic times we are getting a rapid lesson in Finance where we have been required to cut into the core of traditional HR programs […]
Recognition: A Critical Component of the Total Rewards Mix
During the past several years the concept of total rewards has advanced considerably. Practitioners have experienced the power of leveraging multiple factors to attract, motivate and retain talent; high performing companies realize that their proprietary total rewards programs allow them to excel in new ways. There are five elements of total rewards, each of which […]
Why Performance Management is Vital to your Positive Business Performance
We are coming out of tough times with signs all around us. Stats Canada May and June job numbers were up, houses are being built everywhere you look and auto companies are making profits. These are three of the major indicators of a rebounding economy. With that, employees who have been by your side through […]
Termination Best Practices
Although it appears we are out of the woods with significant layoffs for now, business as we have known it will not be the same for a long time, if ever. We will always be in a state of constant change and our staffing skills will be evolving regularly. Although we don’t want to think […]