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Workers’ bargaining power to rise as labour shortages proliferate

Workers’ bargaining power to rise as labour shortages proliferate

Many business people are reluctant to acknowledge that pay increases may be a key part of any strategy to ameliorate shortfalls in the supply of workers
Peer to Peer: The right team won’t demand big paydays

Peer to Peer: The right team won’t demand big paydays

How do I motivate a staff working for very little money?
Professor helps university flourish in Surrey

Professor helps university flourish in Surrey

Jane Fee is vice-provost for students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
How to get a job and irritate your co-workers, executive pay at Barrick and CIBC, and Apple Pay coming to Canada

How to get a job and irritate your co-workers, executive pay at Barrick and CIBC, and Apple Pay coming to Canada

Starting early to get on the right career path and staying there, and shooting your computer: stories from the week
Top five tips for keeping employees happy

Top five tips for keeping employees happy

Jenny Q. Ta says she went through a lot of trial and error over the past 20 years as she led teams at three different companies she founded. “In the past, I (did) believe in an office environment — 8 to 5, clock in, clock out.
Life Lessons: How corporate leader David Fushtey learned not to fear complexity

Life Lessons: How corporate leader David Fushtey learned not to fear complexity

Over the course of his long and varied career, David Fushtey has learned to embrace the complicated.
Planning to quit your job? Not providing notice could be costly

Planning to quit your job? Not providing notice could be costly

The amount of notice owed to a terminated employee is a central element of most employment disputes.
Court rules that non-competition provision entitles wrongfully dismissed employee to increased notice period

Court rules that non-competition provision entitles wrongfully dismissed employee to increased notice period

Non-competition provisions in employment contracts present challenges for employers at the best of times. The BC Supreme Court reminded us in Ostrow vs.
Peer to Peer: Prepare for emotional impact when selling your business

Peer to Peer: Prepare for emotional impact when selling your business

What factors should I consider when determining a good time to sell my business?
RBC looks to kick-start careers for fresh grads training

RBC looks to kick-start careers for fresh grads training

Now in its second year, the RBC Career Launch program targets the gap between post-secondary graduation and the first steps on a career path