As an employer, there are always certain people you value so much in your organization that you dread the day they may come into your office, close the door and ask: “Could I have a quick word?” Retaining your best staff is one of the most important things you can do as an employer but it’s...
Understanding Statutory Holiday Pay As a small business owner, it’s important to understand how to manage statutory holiday pay (or stat holiday pay) for your employees. A Recap on Statutory Holiday Pay for Ontario Businesses In effect July 1, 2018, the Ministry of Labour reinstated an “old” regulation for calculating public holiday pay in Ontario. This change applies...
As of January 1, the many repeals of previous legislation changes included in Bill 47 have come into effect. Learn more about the implications for your business and employee relations, with the following six standouts for 2019. Minimum wage freeze Bill 148 tended to focus on employees who were only making $11.60 minimum wage prior to January...
As an employer, you might be reluctant to go on holiday. Even though you’re overworked and desperately need a break, you’re worried that everything will fall apart if you’re away for too long. You might even have concerns that employee productivity will lower while you’re not around. But, it doesn’t have to be that way....
How do You Treat Staff Lateness? Do you keep a steely eye fixed on the clock, waiting for your employee to arrive? Or are you quite relaxed when someone saunters into work a half hour later than everyone else? Just as every employer treats staff lateness in their own way, every employee has a different...
How Important is Effective Employee Management? It’s no secret that all businesses — big or small — function under a leaders vision. However, a functional team doesn’t equate to a successful team. As a manager, one of your many responsibilities is to guide an entire team to meet your company’s objectives and ultimately, success. And...
Why the Characteristics of a Leader Matter to Your Business Without a great leader at the helm, your organization is going nowhere. Or alternatively, it’s going everywhere, all at once, with no direction. Learning how to become the leader of your organization is essential to get it to where you want it to go. It...
his article was originally published September 13, 2018. It has been updated as of May 2019 to reflect the latest changes to Ontario sick leave legislation. Get the Facts Right: Sick Leave Employees are eligible to take up to three days of unpaid sick leave. In effect, Ontario employers must provide unpaid job-protected leave, due to...
Remote Working: What are the Risks? Many employees jump at the chance to work from home. They imagine a world where they don’t have to commute, where they get to play their music loud, and where it’s perfectly acceptable to wear pyjamas to work. But there’s another, darker side to remote working that’s often overlooked:...
The ‘Unknown Knowns’ in the World of Business Sometimes a business question occurs to me and I think to myself that the answer is pretty obvious, pretty clear cut; and so I’ll go ahead and work on my assumptions. Sometimes I’ve seen it before and so I think I know the answer. Sometimes I’ve done...
