What's New

HRPLD Fall Half Day Seminar! Employment Law Update with Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti.  Thursday, October 9, 2008 at the Best Western Lamplighter.  Visit HRPLD's website for more information.

Deadline Friday, October 3rd at 4 p.m.!

Register for this event through our new online registration form!

Congratulations to Sharon Hunt! Winner of the 2008 Carol Eyre Memorial Award. 

HRPLD Members-Only Login Website Feature! HRPLD members can now access areas of the HRPLD website that have been designated as 'members-only' areas.  Click here for directions on how to set up your login account!

The Ministry of Labour (MOL) has commenced a 30-day public consultation on the issue of workplace wiolence prevention. For more information on how you can provide input please click here.

In the News

From the Diversity Commitee: 25 Ways To Promote Diversity In Your Organization, On Top of Diversity Events...Read More

Top Down leaders Innovation -Leaders Define Innovative Culture: Top management’s role in innovation is as much a matter of attitude as it is of expectation; a matter of strategy as it is of policy; and a matter of enabling innovation while simultaneously eliminating the obstacles that impede it...Read More

Reasonable Accommodation: In Markovic v. Autocom Manuafacturing Ltd. the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal was recently asked to review Autocom's Procedure for Accommodation of Religious Observances ("the Policy") to determine whether it was in keeping with obligations under human rights legislation and applicable case law...Read More

Statistics Canada Report - Work-life Balance of shift workers: Working 9 to 5 may be what many consider a normal full-time job. However, in an economy that often demands 24/7 activity, shift work remains common...Read More

Keep them at the table - Effective retention strategies depend on the generation: The secret to retention may rest in the age of your workforce...Read More

Key Economic and Labour Force Issues Facing Canada's Manufacturing Sector.  This report looks at the challenges facing Canada's manufacturing sector and its labour force and what the sector must do to remain productive and competive. Specifically age 14 of the report highlights the Human Resources Challeneges Facing the Canadian Manufacturing Sector...Read More

Is Presenteeism at Work in Your Firm: Studies have found that productivity lost through presenteeism— when “workplace warriors,” as some call them, show up for work suffering from the flu, chronic medical conditions, stress or burnout—is seven and a half times greater than through absenteeism...Read More

October 2008

St. Thomas & District Chamber of Commerce Business Development Breakfast: 5 Generations, 1 Workplace, October 21, 2008 Read More

ClothingWorks Celebrates 10 yearse of service to Community! October 9, 2008 Read More

An Evening in the Mediterranean! A Fashion Show and Slient Auction in support of Clothing Works! October 22, 2008! Click here for more details 

EmployerRegistry.ca is your FREE online community connecting employres and tomorrow's Workfoce. For more information click here

Managing in a Unionized Environment, A One Day Seminar will be presented by Dan Pearlman of Pearlman iddon Associates on November 13, 2008 in London Click here for more information [Program has been approved by HRPAO]

Pillar nonprofit network Human Resources Workshop Series: Retention Workshop, October 14, Performance Management & Coaching Workshop...Read More 

Wil Employment Connections -Mentorship for Newcomer Success Program seeking interested Mentors Click here for more information

 

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Phone: 519-645-7741
Email: 
info@hrpld.ca  

 

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