Reading Time: 3 minutes Hiring and on-boarding new employees is costly. Less staff turnover means your organization will reap considerable rewards
Tag: Jobs
We’re not ready for the four-day work week yet
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Canada’s highly diversified economy, pushing for a one-size-fits-all solution is a fool’s errand
Canada’s economic revival requires broad strategy
Reading Time: 3 minutes A narrow focus on the green/clean sector won’t get the job done. The sector is too small and the workforce’s skill set doesn’t suit the goals
Finding work in a pandemic
Reading Time: 3 minutes Offer to do what needs to be done on a contract basis. Since there’s no long-term commitment, it’s easier for the employer to agree
Unemployment spike may trigger rethink of EI program
Reading Time: 3 minutes As the system increases in generosity and accessibility in Atlantic Canada, it may perpetuate the nation’s problems with EI
In times of crisis, we need to give more
Reading Time: 3 minutes Seven in 10 charities report lower revenues. As a whole, the sector has had to lay off 84,000 full- and part-time staff in Canada
Unions fail to measure up in a time of economic crisis
Reading Time: 3 minutes By reducing business profits, unionization ultimately makes workers worse off, diminishing employment and wages
Paris emissions targets carry extra costs for Canada’s economy
Reading Time: 4 minutes The gap between expectations and existing policy is wide. Closing that gap will cost thousands of jobs and devastate whole economic sectors
Corporate tax cuts aren’t just a handout to the rich
Reading Time: 3 minutes Higher corporate income tax doesn’t just impose costs on people who own corporations, but also people who work for them
Invest in social infrastructure rather than handouts
Reading Time: 3 minutes It not only generates jobs in the short term, but results in greater productivity, employment and tax dollars in the future