Human Resources & Education

The latest group of Business in Vancouver’s Forty Under 40 winners revealed

Crawling out of bed and walking up to one’s work desk in pyjamas isn’t usually a sign an employee is at the top of his or her game.

Locals hire executives based in other cities as Vancouver struggles to find qualified personnel

Vancouver’s Westport Innovations (TSX:WPT) has named a new chairwoman to its board of directors as B.C. continues to trail the rest of the country in female boardroom representation.

Caucasians in favour of affirmative action can actually be biased against their own race when it comes to hiring decisions, according to research from Simon Fraser University and the University of B.C.

Are the days of keeping up with contacts in your business network by meeting up over lunch or a drink numbered?

The average cost of a poor hiring decision is 30% of the employee’s annual salary – which can amount to big bucks when that employee is a senior executive – according to a PI Worldwide report released July 22.

Employers cannot refuse to hire, dismiss or adversely change an employee's conditions of employment based, in whole or in part, on their family status

In a time where full pension, salaried nine-to-five jobs are a rarity, more and more people are turning to self-employment for their income.

Recommended changes to workplace inspections and investigations don’t go far enough in preventing potentially deadly accidents, says the BC Federation of Labour. The B.C.