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Updating policies may mean new employee contracts

kellie — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:28:02 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to work with an organization that decided they wanted to update their employee policies and they were surprised to learn that they would also have to update employee contracts as a result. Why? The policies they were updating had an impact on the employment re...

Dealing with Harassment and Bullying

kellie — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:57:13 +0000

As a manager or a supervisor, you have an added responsibility in terms of ensuring a safe workplace for your reports. It is up to you to be aware of potential signs of harassment or bullying and if you do, to act on them. You will also want to be very clear on what harassment means and to k...

The damaging effects of Bullying

kellie — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:24:22 +0000

The case of Amanda Todd has really brought the topic of bullying front and centre. We know that bullying occurs on the playground; in the schools; and in workplaces; and as a result of Amanda Todd’s very sad story we are seeing very clearly, that it also occurs on social media. What can par...

Bill 14 – Updates

kellie — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:22:22 +0000

As I’ve discussed on previous writings, Bill 14 (BC Worker’s Compensation Amendment Act Section 5.1) has now passed legislation and comes into effect July 2, 2012. There is a lot of material being distributed by Work Safe BC as well as from employment lawyers to ensure that employers underst...

Policies – things to think about

kellie — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:03:22 +0000

Management needs to have the latitude to make decisions – and – most employees want to feel like there are processes in place that make a workplace fair and everyone knows to some degree what is expected and that there is accountability. Basically, policies and procedures establish both the ...

WorkSafe BC’s Bill l4 will come into effect on July 1, 2012

kellie — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:06:46 +0000

I’ve been talking about Bill 14 for a while now, believing that it would be indeed come to fruition, and as of May 31, 2012; it was indeed enacted and will come into force as noted above. This is something that will have an impact on all employers in B.C. because it means that personal haras...

WorkSafe BC – Bill 14

kellie — Tue, 29 May 2012 18:52:22 +0000

While Bill 14 has not yet been passed into law, all indications seemingly point in the direction of the bill going through – meaning it’s more about “when” then it is about “if”. When the bill is indeed passed, what is going to happen is that employers will need to be much more mindful about...

Handle Workplace Investigations with Care

kellie — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:11:18 +0000

Even with the best of intentions, we can make errors in workplace investigations that are very costly not only in directly visible ways, but also through indirect costs such as organizational reputation, employee morale and of course, turnover. When a complaint of wrong doing comes into an e...

What is Human Resources Anyway?

roimedia — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:56:30 +0000

Interestingly enough, this is a very mis-understood area of work so I will attempt to provide an idea of what Human Resources people bring to an organization. As in many other professions, Human Resources work includes a number of specialties as well generalizations. Regardless of whether y...

Why Are We Losing Money?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:35:18 +0000

Regardless of the size of your company, if you hire people to work for you; you need to seriously think about the process you are using to do that. It seems easy enough – you have a job to be filled– you place an ad – and people apply . . . but the reality of it is – not everyone works in th...