Entitled, spoiled, addicted to social media, capable of texting at the speed of light… the list of stereotypes about millennial employees goes on and on. But new research about how Canada’s gen Y workers act on the job reveals that many of these stereotypes are not true—and that millenials are not too different from other workers.
Canadian employers expect a modest hiring climate for the second quarter of 2014.
The Canadian Payroll Association is offering pension and benefits seminars for accounting, payroll, finance and human resources professionals.
Julie Barker-Merz, vice-president and chief operating officer of BMO Insurance, never thought that being a woman helped or hindered her early in her career. But that changed once she hit the senior management level, when her career began to stall—and she watched some of her male peers move up the corporate ladder around her.
A report finds that Canadian organizations modestly increased funding for training, learning and development between 2010 and 2012.
There are many reasons employees say they're late for work, but American employers have heard some strange excuses over the years.
Many American employees love their companies, but only a fraction of them feel that their employers reciprocate.
Debra Wight, manager of employee health, safety and benefits for the municipality of Richmond Hill, Ont., has definitely followed one rule from All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: play fair.
Last month, the Ontario government introduced Bill 146, the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act, 2013. Bill 146 implements some of the recommendations made by the Law Reform Commission of Ontario that submitted a report on vulnerable workers.
A Gallup study released in 2013 showed that only 13% of employees worldwide were engaged, whereas the vast majority of employees were either not engaged or actively disengaged in the workplace.