CHRR Talk: Recent Episodes
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Since 1987, Canadian HR Reporter has served as Canada’s indispensable guide to human resources management. CHRR Talk keeps you informed on the latest industry news, trends & issues, including employment law, employee attraction & retention, workplace mental health, diversity & inclusion, performance management & much more.
Kiljon Shukullari, HR advice manager at Peninsula Canada, chats with Jeffrey Smith about the importance of dealing with a variety of challenges in the HR role and recalls unusual calls that Peninsula's HR advisors in Canada have encountered.
Martin Fox, managing director of Robert Walters Canada, chats with Jeffrey Smith about a Robert Walters poll showing that many workers who changed their employment during the pandemic are considering going back, and many of those employers are welcoming them back with open arms.
Jeff Rochwerg of Toronto law firm Turnpenney Milne talks about what qualifies as bad-faith conduct, its legal liabilities, and how employers can avoid it and the extra damages it can bring in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit.
Jeff Rochwerg of Toronto law firm Turnpenney Milne talks about what qualifies as bad-faith conduct, its legal liabilities, and how employers can avoid it and the extra damages it can bring in a wrongful dismissal lawsuit.
A GHD survey found that young professionals have anxiety about climate change, but they don't feel empowered to act. How can employers engage with young employees and work with them to become change agents?
Karolina Turowska, an employee of PhotoAiD in Poland, speaks with Jeffrey about the opportunity her company provides to take a 'workation' at a small office it maintains in Tenerife and what it does for its workforce.
Joey Raheb, Chief Commercial & Broking Officer, and Cathy Perron, Health Canada Co-Leader - both with Health Solutions at Aon - speak with Jeffrey Smith about the challenges HR is facing in 2023 and beyond. They cover topics such as benefits inflation, DEI, data & analytics, and more.
Darlene Minatel, general manager for Canada with Manpower Group, joins Jeffrey Smith to discuss the organization's most recent Employment Outlook Survey for Canadian employers.
The Myers-Briggs Company conducted a survey on how people see conflict and how it affects the workplace. John Hackston, Head of Thought Leadership at Myers-Briggs, chats with Jeffrey about what the survey found and what employers can learn from it.
Kathryn Bird, a partner with law firm Ogletree Deakins in Toronto, speaks with Jeffrey about how employers can identify whether their work environment is toxic and poisoned, and the legal risks that can raise.
The principal in the products segment of Mercer's career business in Toronto discusses the findings of Mercer's 2023 Compensation Planning Survey, which includes data from more than 550 organizations in Canada.
Will Porteous, Chief Growth Officer of Maven Clinic discusses how global employers can develop comparable benefit plans across jurisdictions and that cultural differences can affect the employee experience.
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Stephen Shore, partner at Ogletree Deakins, discusses if and when employers can implement drug and alcohol testing in the workplace and the evolution of the law in this area.
Matt Schmidt, CEO of Peoplelogic, chats with Jeffrey Smith about his thoughts on experimenting with the four-day work week, pros and cons to the four-day work week, and some important factors that companies should consider if they're entertaining the idea of moving to such an arrangement.
Bonnie Low-Kramen - a TEDx speaker, founder and CEO of a curated training solution for corporate leaders and assistants, and former personal assistant to actor Olympia Dukakis - chats with Jeffrey Smith about what causes workplace toxicity, why employees are leaving their jobs, and how organizations and leaders should respond to workplace harassment and bullying.
Keith D’Sa, the country manager for Axis Communications in Canada, discusses what a great workplace looks like. Keith's organization, Axis Communications, has won several best workplace awards in recent years.
Christine Griffin of health benefits management company Express Scripts speaks with Jeffrey Smith about prescription benefits – the role health benefits can play in today’s employment world and how employers can balance costs with maintaining a good plan.
David Masson, Director of Enterprise Security for cyber security company Darktrace, discusses the risk of employees stealing or accidentally taking sensitive company information and what employers along with their HR and IT departments can do to mitigate the risk.
Paula Allen, Global Leader and Senior Vice-President of research and total wellbeing for Lifeworks, chats with Jeffrey Smith about the evolution of mental health awareness and solutions in the workplace.
Nancy Simms, Director of Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion and Bharat Saini, Manager of Human Rights Equity & Inclusion, both with Humber College in Toronto, discuss how HR professionals can support transformative equity, inclusion, and belonging in workplaces.
Janet Hueglin Hartwick, president of Soilleirich Communications, discusses the importance of workplace civility and how employers can improve the wellbeing of their workplaces by deterring incivility among employees.
Jeffrey Smith chats with Patrick Essiminy of Stikeman Elliot’s Employment & Labour Group in Montreal about key health and safety rules in the Canada Labour Code, what to do when an employee makes a work refusal under health and safety legislation (using the law in Quebec, where he practices, as an example) as well as a recent and notable case in which he was involved that addressed whether provincial OHS legislation should apply to federally regulated employers in certain circumstances.
Canadian HR Reporter's Jeffrey R. Smith sits down with Louise Taylor Green, president of the Human Resources Professionals Association, and Bill Howatt, chief of research, workforce productivity at the Conference Board of Canada to look at what is on the horizon for employers throughout 2019.
Brian Johnston, a partner and employment law expert with Stewart McKelvey in Halifax, discusses the impending legalization of cannabis in Canada. He touches on topics including zero tolerance, testing and what policies employers should and shouldn't consider when it comes to marijuana.
We hear from a victim of sexual harassment in the workplace - she talks honestly about how it impacted her, and how her employer responded. (Hint: It didn't do well.) Then, lawyer Laura Williams of Williams HR Law walks employers through the legal ramifications. Finally, Lisa McFarland of Williams HR Consulting offers up the perspective of a human resources professional in light of the #MeToo movement.