Negative Performance Reviews Are Just a Pretext When You’ve Already Decided on Termination – Ask The Expert
Provide performance reviews consistently and give employees a fair chance to improve. QUESTION We’re finally ready to terminate an employee who’s been underperforming for years. The problem is that she’s never had […]
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Raising Health And Safety Concern Real Motivation For Terminating Worker For “Poor Fit” During Probationary Period
A recent decision[1] by the British Columbia Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal (“WCAT”) upheld a Workers’ Compensation Board (the “Board”) decision that determined an employer’s termination of a worker during her probationary period for […]
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Probationary Teacher Wasn’t Fired for Reporting Classroom Violence
A high school teaching assistant assigned to work with special need students with autism was fired just 2 months into the job. The school claimed she didn’t follow the student’s […]
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Managing Challenging Employees During the Pandemic
Date: December 2, 2020 Duration 60 Minutes Presenter: Alanna Twohey, Research Layer at Emond Harnden Download Slides Below About the Webinar The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is now well underway, and employers are […]
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How to Create a Performance Improvement Plan
Using performance reviews to help employees improve—or lawfully fire them if they don’t. HR Law, 101: Poor performance is generally just cause for termination, provided that you give employees ample feedback, […]
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5 Performance Review Legal Traps to Avoid
How performance reviews can affect your wrongful dismissal liability risks. Performance reviews don’t simply provide employees the feedback they need to do their job better; they protect your organization from liability […]
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Performance Improvement Plan
Giving poorly performing the best chance to improve saves jobs and cuts liability risks. Poor performance is generally just cause for termination, provided that you give employees ample feedback, warning and […]
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Performance Review Quiz
QUESTION Are performance reviews mandatory in the workplace? ANSWER Generally, there are no laws that explicitly state that employers are required to give employees performance reviews. However, if you never received one during […]
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HR Happy Hour – Making Talent Data Actionable
HR Happy Hour 178 - 'Making Talent Data Actionable' Recorded Friday March 21, 2014 On the latest HR Happy Hour Show, hosts Steve Boese and Trish McFarlane sat down with Mark Brandau, […]
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HR Happy Hour 170 – Driving Performance with Technology
HR Happy Hour 170 - Driving Performance with Technology Recorded Thursday August 15, 2013 This week on the HR Happy Hour Show, Steve Boese sat down with Tom Porter, Director of Human Resources and Administration, Kawasaki […]
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Employee Performance Appraisal Checklist
This tool provides an objective, measurable way to evaluate employee job performance.
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Employee Performance Improvement Intervention Checklist
Download this sample Employee Performance Intervention Plan you can download and use it to assess your employee’s rate of improvement.
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Work Smarter Not Harder
Getting ahead doesn’t always mean sucking up to your boss or putting in 60 hours a week. Some simple mental tricks can improve your efficiency and the quality of your […]
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How Effective Are Performance Appraisals?
Should you be giving performance appraisals? Find out more about their effectiveness in the infographic below.
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Performance Metrics
Do you know what Performance Measures means for your organization? The topic of performance measurements is a frequent conversation within HR circles. How do you measure performance, what are you measuring, […]
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Performing Effective Performance Appraisals
Performing Effective Performance Appraisals The following article first appeared in the Harvard Business review in 1976, but what is especially interesting is that in almost 40 years, the basic theories of performance […]
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5 Ways To Evolve THE DREADED REVIEW
There’s always a lot of discussion around the problem with annual performance reviews. They’re meant to motivate, but too often end up being time consuming and difficult for managers and employees. But since […]
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5 Reasons We Should Stop Giving Reviews And Start Managing People
Writing and delivering annual reviews is challenging for both managers and employees; taking up a lot of time and not always delivering the kind of actionable feedback that will help employees grow. Here are […]
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5 Ways To Build Up Your PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Effectively managing employee performance has never been more critical, companies must leverage the best tools to inspire performance and drive engagement. Maximize employee performance and align company goals with business strategy with […]
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Performance Management
There has been much debate on the value of traditional performance reviews. They are often viewed by line managers as a necessary evil as opposed to a constructive tool to […]
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Performance Management Solutions for the Midmarket Organization: Why Bother?
For many employers and employees, the annual performance review is one of the most dreaded days of the year. All too often, managers aren’t even sure how to assess employees […]
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How to Conduct Meaningful Employee Performance Reviews
Far too often, performance appraisals are viewed as “must do” tasks, with very little thought given to how the organization might improve the process. The overall objective, of course, should be to manage employee […]
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Annual Performance Review: Guidelines for Supervisors
The supervisor who conducts the annual performance review meeting is crucial to the effectiveness of the process. Here’s a set of Guidelines you can adapt to ensure your own supervisors […]
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Changing Workplaces, Changing Classifications: Increasing Relevance Of The Dependent Contractor
The classification of workers has become an increasingly relevant consideration for both hirers and workers in today's rapidly changing economy. Traditionally, workers have fallen into one of two distinct categories […]
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Women in Technology – The Importance of Female Leaders
By: Elaine Palome, SHRM-SCP, MS - Director of Human Resources, Axis Communications, Americas While women continue to make a noticeable impact in the technology sector, they still face barriers fully breaking […]
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Family Status Accommodation Requests: How Far Do Employers Need To Go?
By Ontario Employer Advisor and Simmy Sahdra of McCarthy Tétrault LLP In Ontario, employers continue to have uncertainty regarding the extent of their legal obligations when accommodating an employee's family status […]
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Igniting a Dialog About Diversity and Inclusion in the Security Industry
By: Elaine Palome, SHRM-SCP, MS - Director of Human Resources, Axis Communications, Americas Diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the security industry is an evolving topic. A natural part of our corporate […]
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Around The Provinces: Grounds for Refusing Dangerous Work
The right to refuse dangerous work is an important safety protection for employees. But it creates a dilemma for employers. Disciplining employees for properly exercising their refusal rights is illegal; […]
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Unpaid Internship Laws Across Canada
UNPAID INTERNSHIP LAWS ACROSS CANADA FEDERAL Definition of "Employee" A person employed by an employer Unpaid Internship Rules Students undertaking a work-integrated learning placement with an employer to fulfill requirements of an educational program may […]
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Avoiding T2200 Headaches: Home Office Deductions
What's At Stake Letting employees do at least some of their job duties from home can create headaches for payroll. This is especially true if employees want to deduct home office […]
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