Employment laws across Canada make it clear that employers have a legal obligation to protect the psychological well-being of their employees.
As an HR professional in Canada, you are well-versed in the importance of having strong HR policies in place. These policies serve as guidelines for your organization, ensuring consistency in decision-making, creating a fair work environment, and establishing clear expectations for both employees and employers. However, there is a common misconception that HR policies alone are enough to ensure compliance with the law.
Compliance Works is offering new legal support options for HR teams. Annual subscribers can now add legal advice and webinar packages to their Compliance Works subscriptions.
In Canada’s complex regulatory environment, HR compliance is crucial for any organization. However, this comes with its own set of costs, both in terms of managing compliance effectively and the potential consequences of non-compliance. This blog post will explore these costs and why they are important for every Canadian business. These costs are important to keep in mind when preparing your HR budget.
AI is transforming business, and it is transforming the workforce. HR has a critical role to play as an advisor to the business when it comes to implementing AI or technologies that include an AI functionality. Beyond HR, AI is finding a place in many different job functions across organizations. That means that HR plays a dual role when it comes to AI – understanding and implementing AI tools to assist with HR functions and helping the business to understand and navigate the issues that come from a broader use of AI across the organization.
We wanted to learn more about strategic HR leadership and the issues that are important to HR leaders. We recently spoke with Wendy Alderdice, the Owner and Principal Consultant at OutPerform HR Consulting in the Greater Toronto Area.
It’s a great time for employers to do an Ontario HR compliance check up. We review 5 key requirements that all Ontario employers must meet.
In our 2023 year in review, we take a look at 5 key HR law trends – all of which have ongoing implications for employers across Canada.
AI is probably the hottest topic of the moment. Here’s something to think about though – recent research shows that AI makes up information up to 27% of the time. What does that mean for HR? As you think about AI and it’s place in HR, you need to be aware of its risks and shortcomings.
When you think about HR compliance and why it is important, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For most of you, your first thought was probably legal risk. Most of the conversation around HR compliance focuses on legal risk, and as a result, HR compliance has become a “check-the-box” exercise. While legal risk is certainly one reason to stay on top of HR compliance, it is far from the only reason (and maybe not even the most important reason).
