Ramadan in the workplace: top tips for employers
For many Muslims, Ramadan is a period of religious observance, which includes fasting from sunrise to sunset. Ashok Kanani provides a four-point checklist for...
Severance Pay Considerations
Severance benefits are payments made to employees upon termination of employment caused by events that are beyond their control, such as workforce reductions, plant...
A Proactive Approach to Addressing Unethical Behaviour at the Workplace
While it may not rise to the level of being illegal, unethical behavior in the workplace can have serious consequences if unaddressed. And it can...
What’s the best way to reward employees?
Whether you’re acknowledging a star worker’s major achievements or offering quiet congratulations to a wallflower, a custom approach to rewards and recognition work is...
WHAT IS ADR?
ADR is Appropriate Dispute Resolution. It is the right approach every individual has to use in the resolving differences. Although virtually two-thirds of users...
Keeping Great People with Three Kinds of Mentors
To attract and retain great people, several things need to coalesce. From the extrinsic reward of a salary to the more nuanced (and more...
Two Magic Words that diffuse arguments
You and your partner consider yourselves pretty good communicators, but let’s face it—occasionally you both lose your tempers and sometimes, you wish you could...
Is there a better way to handle neighbor disputes?
Legal intervention is sometimes unavoidable, but it can become more of a tool to exert power than a means to a peaceable resolution.
In the...
4 Things to Consider When Your Company is Ordered to Mediation
Mediation of employment matters is on the rise. When faced with an employment case, your company may be ordered to mediation or the court...
Implications of HR Outsourcing
By: Sam Ashe-Edmunds
Many small businesses grow large enough at some point that the owner no longer can handle the company’s hiring, training, firing and...
