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December 11, 2019
 
EDITOR'S NOTE 
Welcome to Talent Canada – a new publication aimed at senior business leaders like yourself. Published by Annex Business Media, it’s designed to educate and inform you about solid people practices and the business benefits that flow from ensuring you hire, retain and engage the best teams.
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‘Let’s go get both’: Welcome to Talent Canada

Featuring the tagline “Driving business through investment in people,” this new publication makes the case to senior leaders for solid human reosurce practices


November worst month for jobs since financial crisis

Canadian economy shed 71,200 jobs as unemployment rate jumped to 5.9 per cent


Holiday bonuses top employee wish list, employers say ‘bah humbug’: Study

Leaders need to have open and honest conversations with their teams to understand – and manage expectations – when it comes to rewards and incentives around the holidays, says ADP Canada


Airline exec calls out his own company over lax safety culture

Horizon Air leader calls for urgent action in email sent to top airline managers and pilots
 
 
Feature 
 

Workplace romance a no-go zone in C-suite

Trickledown effect includes poor morale, retention issues – we look at the minefield of love in the air at offices in the wake of the termination of the CEO of McDonald’s in the U.S. over a consensual relationship with a subordinate » Read More
 
Office oddities: The stranger side of work 
 

Chipotle employs nurses to double-check that workers are actually sick – and not just hungover

Controversial tactic used to ensure paid sick days aren’t being abused » Read More

Patron angered by ketchup pulls gun at McDonald’s

Authorities in Tenneesee say an irate woman pointed a gun at fast-food workers because they gave her ketchup instead of jelly » Read More

Man calls into work drunk, shows up and tries to rob his employer

Police in Georgia say a man called out of his Steak ‘n Shake job because he was ‘intoxicated,’ then showed up anyway and demanded money while holding a worker at gunpoint » Read More
 
Bonus Articles 
 

You can’t leave it at the door: Work behaviours affect your personal life

If the workplace is truly toxic, and you have no control over it, it may be time to change departments – or even employers. While that may sound extreme, think about the toll it is taking on you on a subconscious level, writes behaviour analysts Mina Movasseli » Read More

Women in engineering: Barriers remain 30 years after ecole Polytechnique shooting

Employers are critical to tackling the issue – women report high levels of discrimination and harassment and a culture often referred to as ‘brotopia’ » Read More